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Whether you called it DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) or DUI (Drivng Under the Influence), drunk driving remains a serious problem in the U.S. or anywhere a strong middle class car culture exists - think the entire industrialized world.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 17,013 people lost their lives in the U.S. in 2003 in alcohol-related collisions, representing 40 percent of all traffic fatalities.

The old myth that "the angels protect fools...and drunks" does not bear up under other recent studies that show that the risk of crashing increases as a driver's blood alcohol level increases. In short, drunk drivers are three times more likely to be involved in a crash than a sober one.

As parents of teens and college students should be aware, alcohol is also responsible for more fatalities and injury of 18-25 year-olds than any other drug combined.

On the Web, get more facts on drunk driving, find out what local communities are doing to educate drivers along with how to's on driving defensively, and lots more information on why every single injury and fatality caused by drunk driving remains totally preventable...

Drinking & Driving - Comprehensive site from SUNY Potsdam featuring facts on the dangers of drunk driving, DUI/DWI information, how to drive defensively, tips on choosing a designated driver, related stats, links and resources.

Impaired Driving - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Information, facts and recent statistics on injury protection, driver performance, and alcohol-related crashes.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) - A huge repository of information on drunk driving with a special focus on underage teen and college drinking with stats, story articles, and details on their 24-hour live helpline, searchable database of local MADD chapters in the U.S.

DUI Foundation - Non-profit organization offering facts, information and DUI news including overviews of US state laws, fines and penalties, youth issues and underage drinking, related research and statistical studies.

Drink Wheel - A virtual breathalyzer test and by no means scientific, but a rough indicator of how many drinks you shouldn't have before you get behind the wheel.

also see in Alcoholism -> Alcoholism Research | College Drinking

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