Transcript Shattered Dreams

What is alcohol?
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*Alcohol is a Central
Nervous System
Depressant.
 *The first effect of
alcohol is impairment of
judgment.
 Mental faculties are
affected before physical
faculties.
IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT??
The Great State of Texas
Texas Statistics
 Texas
leads the nation in alcohol related
fatalities and has held this title for several
years.
 More people die on Texas roadways due to
alcohol related crashes, than in any other state.
 One person is killed every 5 hours and
someone is seriously injured every 20 minutes
by a drunk driver.
2006
Texas Statistics
 The
alcohol impaired fatality rate in Texas was
45%, while the national average was 32%.
 Texas had a total of 3,466 traffic fatalities.
 Out of that total, there were 1,544 fatal crashes
due to alcohol impaired drivers.
 More than 55% of the impaired drivers involved
in these fatality crashes had a BAC of .15 or
greater.
Texas Statistics
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Texas leads the nation in alcohol related traffic
fatalities. We also lead the nation in DWI arrests with
an average of 90,000 arrests yearly.
 Four people are killed everyday in the State of Texas
by a drunk driver.
 Impaired drivers with a BAC level of .08 or higher
that were involved in a fatal crash are 8 times more
likely to have a prior conviction for DWI than drivers
with no alcohol.
*What does BAC stand for and what is
it?
Blood Alcohol Concentration
 The
number of grams of alcohol found in 100
milliliters of a person’s blood.
 *What is the BAC for DWI in the State of
Texas?
 What is the definition of intoxicated as it
applies here?
BAC and Intoxication
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A BAC of 0.08% is
considered legally
intoxicated (From Penal
Code 49.01) in the State
of Texas.
Intoxicated means not
having the normal use of
mental or physical
faculties by the
introduction of alcohol or
drugs into the body; or
having a BAC of 0.08%.
Why Enforce DWI?
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Officer Schale with
the Irving Police Dept.
was waiting to assist
motorists whom were
following a drunk
driver. The officer
was sitting still and
the drunk driver hit
him at over 60 MPH.