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 A sort of breathalyzer for a person's automobile is an ignition interlock. In particular, it stops a car's engine from starting if a driver has a high blood alcohol content. About 70% fewer people have been arrested for driving while intoxicated.[([[https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/ignition_interlock_states.html|cdc]])] A sort of breathalyzer for a person's automobile is an ignition interlock. In particular, it stops a car's engine from starting if a driver has a high blood alcohol content. About 70% fewer people have been arrested for driving while intoxicated.[([[https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/ignition_interlock_states.html|cdc]])]
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 +===== Child Deaths =====
 +
 +209 or 19% of the 1,070 road fatalities involving children aged 0 to 14 that occurred in 2014 included a drunk driver. More over half of the dead kids were in the car with the inebriated driver.[([[https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812231|crashstats]])]
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 +===== Teenage Deaths =====
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 +Alcohol is to blame for more than half of all adolescent fatalities in auto accidents.[([[https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html|cdc]])]
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 +===== December =====
 +
 +Drunk and drugged driving prevention month is in December.[([[https://nationaltoday.com/national-drunk-and-drugged-driving-prevention-month/|nationaltoday]])]
 +
 +===== More Alcohol Than Milk =====
 +
 +Alcohol consumption in the United States is higher per person than that of milk. The United States has more registered automobiles and kilometers of road than any other nation in the world.[([[https://archive.org/details/drunkdrivingamer0000jaco_v5k1/mode/2up|archive]])]
 +
 +===== Henry Ford Quote =====
 +
 +"Booze had to leave when modern industry and the motor car came in," said Henry Ford, the inventor of the automobile.[([[https://www.stevemeshbesher.com/blog/2017/august/these-facts-about-drunk-driving-may-sober-you-up/|stevemeshbesher]])]
 +
 +===== Every 45 Minutes =====
 +
 +Every 45 minutes, a drunk driver kills someone in the United States alone.[([[https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html|cdc]])]
 +
 +===== North Dakota And Montana =====
 +
 +When it comes to deaths and DWI arrests, North Dakota leads the USA, with Montana following in second. [([[https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/worst-states-for-drunk-driving/|forbes]])]
 +
 +===== Top 10 Most Dangerous States =====
 +
 +The following list of the top 10 states with the highest risk of drunk driving: 1) North Dakota, 2) Montana, 3) Idaho, 4) Wisconsin, 5) South Carolina, 6) South Dakota, 7) Pennsylvania, 8) New Mexico, 9) Rhode Island, and 10) Vermont.[([[https://www.safewise.com/blog/states-by-highest-impaired-driving-rate/|safewise]])]
 +
 +===== Candice Lightner =====
 +
 +After a drunk driver murdered her daughter in Irving, Texas, in 1980, Candice Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). She eventually quit the group because she thought its emphasis had switched from stopping drunk driving to stopping alcohol usage in general.[([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-drunk-driving-arrest|history]])]
 +
 +===== Happens More Often In Rural Counties =====
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 +Rural counties experience more drunk driving than big cities do.[([[https://www.mvmlaw.com/blog/do-car-accidents-happen-more-in-rural-or-urban-areas/|mvmlaw]])]
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