Some Drink Driving Statistics:

• Around 3,000 people are killed or seriously injured each year in accidents where alcohol is considered a contributory factor.
• Nearly one in six of all deaths on our roads involves drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit.
• Male drivers under the age of 30 are more likely to be injured.
• Male drivers under the age of 30 are more likely to test positive for alcohol during a breath test
• Latest provisional figures indicate some 560 people were fatally injured in accidents involing a driver that was over the legal limit.
• 2,100 were seriously injured in accidents involing a driver that was over the legal limit.
• Around 100,000 drivers fail a breath test every year, which equates to roughly 20% of all those tested.

As a reminder, the legal limit is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.

Effects of Alcohol:

• Alcohol affects the time you take to react in an emergency.
• Your vision is affected, you could suffer blurred vision.
• Your judgement can be seriously affected meaning you misread the distance to potential threats/danger or the speed at which of yourself and others are travelling.
• Alcohol also tends to make you feel over-confident and more likely to take risks when driving.
• All the above result in your stopping distance increasing.

Implications:

• You will, in all likelihood, lose your licence for at least 12 months.
• You could be imprisoned for up to 6 months.
• You could be fined up to £5,000.
• You could be improsoned for up to 14 years if you cause a death by careless driving when under the influence of alcohol.
• Simply sitting in your car whilst over the drink, driving limit, and you  determined to be in charge of the vehicle at the time carries up to 3 months imprisonment and a fine of up to £2,500.
• You could lose your job.
• You will probably find your insurance premiums more than double for several years.
• Your Drink Driving conviction will remain on your licence for 11 years being being classed as spent. 

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