Every week of the year two jet airliners plunge from the sky and kill everyone on board. If this statement was completely true, than there would be a nationwide outrage led by the public, the government, and many other organizations to stop this atrocity. Yet, it would take two jets crashing every week throughout the year to be comparable too the number of people killed in automobile crashes where alcohol was involved. Of the 41,611 traffic fatalities in 1999, 38% (15,786)(Statisitical Pamplet.) where alcohol-related, making alcohol the leading factor in motor vehicle deaths. There are a large percentage of people who consume alcohol on a regular basis. This task in itself is deemed to be legal by the United States government after the age of twenty-one. There have been laws stating the penalties for driving after consuming too much alcohol and attempting to drive. This leaving anyone under the age of twenty-one with any intoxicating substances in their system to be dri!

ving under the influence (DUI). The alcohol impairs ones judgement, reflexives, nervous system, and ones ability to reason effectively when over consumed. When driving intoxicated

Where as in Chile alcoholism is considered heredity. So children of drunk drivers are never permitted to have their license. When someone loses their license to this matter they will have to pay a lot in fines and that will cause them to be with out a car for a year hurting not only them but also their family.

Other than the negative affects on ones body or the penalties for driving in an intoxicated state there are innocent victims of alcohol related accidents. Here is a story from a girl who said,"that could never happen to me". Laura was a highschool graduate and was now attending the University of Illinois and was having the time of he life. It was one Friday afternoon that that all suddenly changed. Laura had decided to go home for a homecoming football game and was just miles from her house when a drunk driver in a little car she was riding in struck her. Her face was smashed into the windshield and her left eyelid was torn from her eye and the left side of her body was left paralyzed.

Youth and alcohol By (MADD) Pamphlet

By: National Center for Statistics and Analysis Pamphlet

One, of the important factors to look at when considering to drive under the influence of alcohol, is the legality that follows along with. The legal BAC. is .08% which limits someone to a very small amount of alcohol before driving. When pulled over by an officer of the law it is his job to look for signs that someone may have been drinking or using illegal drugs and entering the roadway. If the officer has reasonable cause that someone may have been drinking he can ask them to perform a field sobriety test or submit to a Breathalyzer. Refusing is considered implied consent meaning, when driving on Illinois roadways, a driver agrees to

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