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December: National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Campaign Enforcement Blitz Continues this Holiday Season
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Dec 07, 2006
Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In fact, during 2005 nearly 17,000 people were killed in highway crashes involving an impaired driver.
In Kentucky, during 2005, 220 persons were killed in fatal collisions involving a drunk driver. Sixty-two percent of the drivers involved in these fatal crashes had a BAC of 0.15 or above.
The relative risk of a crash of any severity increases as BAC increases. Compared to drivers with zero BAC, the risk of a crash is five times higher for a BAC of 0.10; twenty-two times higher for a BAC of 0.15; eighty-two times higher for a BAC of 0.20; and one-hundred fifty-four times higher for a BAC of 0.25 or higher. See chart below.
That is why The Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced today that Law Enforcement will be out in full force looking for and cracking down on impaired drivers this holiday season.
Driving with a BAC of .08 or higher is illegal in every state, but too many are still not getting the message. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, more than 1.3 million people were arrested for driving under the influence during 2005.