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Drinking & Driving Facts

1.  The law in all 50 U.S. states, defines a driver to be legally drunk when his/her blood alcohol content (BAC) level is at or above .08

2.  Drunk driving causes approximately one-third of all traffic fatalities in the United States.

3.  During the year 2007, alcohol-impaired driving was involved in the deaths of nearly 13,000 Americans.

4.  On average, someone in the U.S. is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes.

5.  Roughly three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related collision at some point in their life.

6.  Approximately 75% of fatal crashes occurring between midnight and 3 a.m. involve alcohol.

7.  Men are about twice as likely as women to drive under the influence of alcohol and to be involved in a fatal collision.

8.  According to one study, a first-time drunk-driving offender has already driven drunk more than 80 times before being arrested.

9.  Nearly 75% of drunk drivers involved in fatal collisions are not wearing their safety belts.

10.  It takes approximately six hours after drinking for the body to completely eliminate alcohol from its system with a BAC level of .08