Drunk Drivers Causing Accidents At Much Lower Rates Than Official Figures Show
Posted on:7/8/2009
Written By: Chris Robideaux
| This article shows the disparity between "official" government figures on drunk drivers and the actual numbers of drunk drivers causing accidents. |
A recent drunk driving study shows that popular notions and government statistics on drunk drivers actually causing accidents is much higher than what is the case. Approximately seven percent of "at fault" traffic accidents involve a citation being issued for a DUI/DWI violation. This percentage is a more realistic indicator of "drunk driver caused" fatalities. It does not include pedestrians, bicyclists, and passengers who had some evidence of alcohol in their systems as "drunk drivers." It does not include suicide victims as "drunk drivers." It does not consider drivers with inconsequential BACs to be drunk drivers. And, it does not consider a drinking driver who dies in an accident caused by a sober driver to be the victim of a drunk driver.
This is why the more realistic estimate of seven percent differs from the 40 percent figure promoted by the federal government.