Ntsb Safety Alert National Transportation Safety Board

By National Transportation Safety Board

Book Id: WPLBN0000703094
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 270,767 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Ntsb Safety Alert National Transportation Safety Board
Author:	National Transportation Safety Board
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Transportation and society, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)
Collections:	National Transportation Safety Board Collection
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Publisher:	National Transportation Safety Board


Citation APA MLA Chicago Safety Board, N. T. (n.d.). Ntsb Safety Alert National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Get habitual drinking drivers off the nation?s highways The grim facts: // One alcohol-related death occurs in our country every 31 minutes, and one alcohol-related injury occurs every 2 minutes. // Alcohol-related deaths in car crashes remain significantly higher than the all-time low in 1999. // 17,013 people died in the United States from alcohol-related crashes in 2003. // In 2003, people identified as hard core drinking drivers (those with a high blood alcohol concentration [BAC] levels [0.15 percent or greater] or who are repeat offenders with a drunk driving arrest or conviction in the past 10 years) were involved in almost 39 percent of the alcohol-related fatalities and more than 15 percent of the total highway deaths. // Between 1983 and 2003, more than 170,000 people died in crashes involving hard core drinking drivers. // Repeat offenders represent about one-third of all drivers arrested or convicted of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence of alcohol.