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Drunk Driving Law Information
What Is Drunk Driving?
Drunk driving, sometimes called driving while intoxicated (DWI)
or driving under the influence (DUI), has two meanings:
Driving with a blood alcohol level over the state’s maximum permissible blood
alcohol limit. The limit for adults is either 0.08% or 0.10%. As of October
2000, the following 19 jurisdictions used the 0.08% standard to define drunken
or impaired driving: Alabama, California, the District of Columbia, Florida,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington State.
All other states used 0.10% except Massachusetts and South Carolina which do not
use numerical limits.
In October, 2000, Congress passed a law requiring all states to adopt a limits
of 0.08% by 2004 or lose some of their Federal highway funds, so it is likely
that many more states will adopt that lower limit.
Apart from the general 0.08% to 0.10% limits, some states have "zero tolerance"
limits for young drivers.
Most European countries have limits that are far below 0.08%. You may be
considered "legally drunk" even though you do not "feel" or look as though you
are under any "influence" from the alcohol .
You may also be guilty of DUI / DWI for driving when your physical abilities are
impaired by drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. In the eyes of the law,
it makes no difference whether the drug is legal or illegal, prescription or
over-the-counter. If taking that drug impacts your senses of seeing, hearing,
talking, walking and/or judging distances, you may be guilty of a drunk driving
offense.
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