Drink Driving Penalties
The Drink Drive Limit Myth Author: Jamie Lyons Drink driving is considered to be a serious misdemeanour in the eyes of the law - and with good reason. The negative impact of alcohol upon spatial awareness, reaction times and general judgment can wreak potentially devastating consequences on th...
The Drink Drive Limit Myth
Author: Jamie Lyons
Drink driving is considered to be a serious misdemeanour in the eyes of the law - and with good reason. The negative impact of alcohol upon spatial awareness, reaction times and general judgment can wreak potentially devastating consequences on the lives of the inebriated motorist and any number of other innocent individuals. In order to crack down on drink driving, almost all nations now impose limits upon the amount of alcohol that it is legal to have within one's system when in charge of a vehicle.
Despite the best intentions of the authorities, there pervades a myth about drink driving which undermines all of their best efforts to thwart it. It is fair to say that the propagation of this myth is in fact somewhat attributable to the authorities themselves: through their insistence upon pushing the idea of 'units' of alcohol to the public. A unit of alcohol is the equivalent of 10ml of pure alcohol, and the unit system exists for the most part to demonstrate the quantity of alcohol within a particular drink; its main purpose is to act as a benchmark for health purposes. Contrary to popular public opinion: the number of units of alcohol consumed does not necessarily have a bearing upon a motorist's adherence to the drink drive limit...furthermore, in the UK there is not a drink drive limit as such, but a series of drink drive limits.
These three limits are intended to represent parity and at the time of writing are (in the UK):
-35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
-80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
-107 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine.
It is worrying that a huge number of drivers are not in fact aware of these figures and instead abide by their own set of parameters (usually based on an assumption about units). Given the vast number of variables which impact upon the levels of alcohol as measured in breath, blood and urine it is nigh on impossible to accurately calculate your fitness to drive following on from even one alcoholic drink. Possible factors which can affect alcohol levels include (but are not limited to): height, weight, gender, metabolism and how much food has been consumed recently. Given the vast margin for error there is only one way to be certain that you're legally safe to drive: don't drink anything prior to taking control of a motor vehicle. Just because many motorists subscribe to a myth about the drink drive limit does not mean that the police or prosecutors do and nor does it make driving under the influence of alcohol anywhere near safe.
What are the penalties for drink driving?
Im abit stuck on these questions for my school work, if u could answer them it would help me out. Please think properly about the answer.
1.If you are caught drink driving, what are the penalties for the following:
a. L plate _____________
b. P1 and P2 ___________
Full License __________
2. When driving on your L plates, you are pulled over for speeding and fined. Who is responsible for the fine?______________ What else could happen?
Why should the drunk driving penalties be stricter?
Ok, so I am writing a persuasive speech on “Why the drunk driving penalties should be sticter” but I can’t seem to find much information about it, or people’s views about it.
Could you give me some good reasons why the punishments should be worse?….and maybe some website links would be good too. Thanks! =)
The law make it illegal for a person under the age of 21 to operate a motor vehicle with any alcohol in his system
In some states, the penalties are administrative, with an automatic license suspension but no possibility of jail time or criminal conviction. In others, however, underage drivers who have been drinking are charged with DUI or a related crime. Under both civil and criminal statutes, penalties are typically more severe for subsequent offenses, and breathalyzer test refusals are often treated in the same manner as measured violations.
In addition, underage drivers subject to zero tolerance prosecutions are often charged with additional crimes such as consumption of alcohol by a minor or possession of alcohol by a minor.
Try this site………..
http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/pdfs/safety/dd_you_need_know.pdf
No difference, DUI stands for driving under the influence, no stipulation of “influence of what”.
should drink driving penalties be harsher? why or why not?
there a plenty of arguments for and against but i want to know more peoples opinions.
thanks
For one thing, there are quite a few who won’t hesitate to drink & drive. Call it public ignorance or a complete “society motivated disrespect for the law”. However statistically speaking, when one out of six accidents in the US involve alcohol, then something has gone terribly wrong with our entire judicial system.
We all remember (MAD) (mad mothers against drunk drivers) a little something launched in the early seventies that has now failed us all, in more ways than one. It’s obvious that the average drinker who chooses & is not forced behind that wheel,,, must be held accountable for their actions especially when this particular action involves a tragic car accident with injuries or even a few deaths. It’s obvious that we need some tougher laws that treat any drug-induced impairment motivation to a fatal accident, as a capital crime. The cemeteries are full of innocent car accident victims, who crossed the path of a intoxicated driver & paid the ultimate price… Too much appeasement, special deals in an endless deluge of red tape has made it impossible to prosecute these first second & third offense drunk drivers. Look no further than the average attorney approved Yellow Page ad, and you will find the words (specializing in drunk driving cases) A “shameless attitude on the part of the attorney”
Once again statistically speaking, hundreds of thousands of innocent people die each and every year on our nation’s highways. A direct result of those who obviously don’t care for their attitude is one of selfishness, (I will do what I wanna do) said the average intoxicated driver. At the same time rich shyster lawyers who manipulate those well conceived laws to their own benefit become richer & richer (blood money) by allowing this shameful avenue of escape for any man or woman who is willing to pay a whopping $250 per hour attorney’s fee ,too beat the rap. As long as there is big money as the only true motivation, nothing will change…if people were serious than we would legislate new laws and to do away with this ludicrous 1.2.3 strikes you’re out nonsense.. Thus replacing that failed policy with some very harsh tough penalties for those who would use a car or truck as a deadly weapon of mass disillusionment.. Those who write our laws must look at the terrible ramifications when a drunk driver causes the death of an innocent motorist. The penalty should fit the crime with no plea bargains and no special deals of any kind…
Fantasyland legislation
Too those who wouldn’t hesitate to drink & drive, it’s a free country for now, & you can do what you want (whatever feels good) However, if you’re involved in an accident while intoxicated & somebody dies as a direct result of your driver negligence,you’re going to prison for a hell of a longtime…Buddy
Case closed…
A simple yes. Why?…because too many people still don’t get it! Drinking and driving can KILL and there is NO excuse for it. Call a cab, call a friend, stay home, etc. etc. etc.
What are the penalties of underage drink driving?
I need to know for a novel that I’m working on-
If a fifteen year old girl drink drives resulting in the death of two people, and in turn suffers retrograde amnesia from the crash, causing her to completely forget her past except for the first four years of her life and become a completely different person who is much more shy and law abiding, what penalties would she receive? Would she have to do community service at all?
What are the penalties for driving while impaired (not drink driving)?
I need to know what the penalties are for being caught driving while impaired by LEGAL drugs, eg. cold medications, allergy relief medications, etc, which can cause drowsiness. It doesn’t matter what country’s law you quote, because I need different country’s responses. Thanks.