Knowing DUI And The Consequences It Can Do To Your Driving
Posted By Robert Stewart on January 3, 2011
The acronym DUI stands for Driving Under the Influence. If someone operates or has control of a motor vehicle, and is under the influence of alcohol, they can be considered to be guilty of DUI. This is an extremely dangerous situation for the driver, as well as for others on the road.
California is one state with strict DUI laws. You cannot drive under the influence in this state. It is illegal to drive a car, pilot a boat, or pilot a plane if you are intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. In fact, because of the extreme nature of the safety concerns when someone is flying a plane, there are very strict piloting laws on the books.
Being under the influence makes you unable to safely drive your vehicle. At as low a blood alcohol content (BAC) as 0.02%, you already have impairment in your ability to do two things at the same time (like steer and brake). When we increase the BAC to 0.08%, a driver will be unable to safely manage their vehicle and will pose a major danger if they attempt to drive.
That is why California instituted a law in 1990 that makes it illegal to drive with a BAC of 0.08% or more. If you are in California, and you are found to have driven with a BAC of this much or more, you will be arrested and charged with DUI.
California is not the only state to have this designation. In fact, many other states have followed suit, and have trained law enforcement personnel to identify when someone is intoxicated.
Law enforcement personnel use a variety of tools to accomplish this, including field sobriety tests (FST). In an FST, an officer will assess someone’s movement and reflexes in order to gauge impairment. It cannot identify the legal limit for DUI however. This requires knowledge of the BAC.
To accurately test BAC, you need to conduct a chemical test. The most accurate way is via blood or urine sample, although measuring alcohol in the breath will also work. The breath measurement tool is the most widely known, and is called the Breathalyzer.
When you consider DUI fatalities over time, you can see a statistically significant decrease since the 0.08% BAC law has been used.
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