how many people a year die by drunk drivers?
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Hi jansolo2000,\nI cant give you the numbers but one is to many. Try http://www.madd.org/. Thanks: Blueladybug
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1. Alcohol is a major factor in traffic accidents. There is an alcohol-related traffic fatality every 31 minutes and an alcohol-related traffic injury every 2 minutes. \nAlcohol-related crashes are defined as those where someone involved, either a driver or a pedestrian or another nonoccupant, had a traceable amount of alcohol in his or her blood. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 16,885 people died in alcohol-related crashes in 2005, down 0.2 percent from 16,919 in 2004. Alcohol was involved in 39 percent of all crash fatalities in 2005. In addition, 254,000 people were injured in crashes where police reported that alcohol was present. \n\n2. of those crashes, nearly 24% are related to kids under the age of 18 being in those accidents. Of those 24%, nearly 98% of the crashses are fatal, with the deaths of the passenger 92% of the time, and the driver 87.2% of the time. \n\n3. Kids who drink under the age of 21, and drink frequently , are more than likely to have liver problems when they grow up, and they will become an alcoholic. They will be unable to concentrate on things that matter, such as schooling. Kids are more likely to get into gangs and accidents and making stupid decisions while their drunk, causing accidents, deaths, accidental deaths as well.
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way too many, some dont even get that, there was a guy in new york that punched his 2 year old in the face for throwing up in the car and he got a year and the kid died,, really sad
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Alot, mostly from dehydration or a heart attack or stroke. I don't think hospitals have released official numbers but its not uncommon where I live to hear of someone dying from it.
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Death of my mother when I was 10.  She was killed by a drunk driver.
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I live in a rural area.  Alcohol is a drug and we have a lot of deaths from drinking and driving in our area....at least 4 or 5 a year involving teens....I lost two classmates within a year of graduation from drinking and driving accidents (seperate accidents)....as far as o.d. on say, heroin, cocaine...etc....none like that....we have a fantastically huge number of deaths from cancer in my area.
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2500+....3000+ killed on 9/11.....58,000 killed in Vietnam.....200,000 killed in WWII....400,000 killed in the US Civil War......40,000 killed on US Highways every year.\n\nIn perspective, it's well worth it, IMO.
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Some rich people, lots of dead people and lots more drunk people.
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a great number of people die and are revived. my sister died twice in a horrible car accident.  i saw her alive the next day.\n\ni should write a really weird book, eh?
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Ok, since the IRL was created in 1996, there have been 3 drivers killed, Scott Brayton in 1996 and Tony Renna in 2003 at Indianapolis, and Paul Dana this year in practice at Homestead-Miami.  In the same amount of time, in Nextel Cup racing, there have been 2 drivers killed, Kenny Irwin in 2000 and Dale Earnhardt in 2001. If you add in the Busch series, with the death of Adam Petty in 2000, there have been the same amount of deaths.  In Champ Car (formerly CART), there have also been 3 deaths in the same time span: Gonzalo Rodriguez and Greg Moore in 1999, and Jeff Krosnoff in 1996.\n\nSo seeing that, one could conclude that one form isn't necessarily safer than the other.  Drivers take their chances when they get out onto the track and they know that.  And it's not as if the IRL and Champ Car don't take precautions to prevent bad accidents.  In fact, the IRL limited their engines to 650hp and 10,300 rpm after a series of accidents in 2003.\n\nI hope this helps set the record straight.
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not just that but what about the 4, 000 + number of ppl between the ages of 15 - 25 who die every year from alcohol related car wrecks...you don't see anyone out protesting that or the child, spouse deaths per year, or drug related deaths, etc.
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It is Nation wide .08, and that was figured by the amount of impairment of drunk drivers. The law also has the right to convict a detain for levels starting at .05 with the arresting officers discretion. Most States video tape all arrests anymore, and it's almost impossible to beat. One beer can get you arrested in America anymore.
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drunk drivers kill so many people every year - way more than the percentage of marijuana smokers driving and killing people.  if alcohol is legal, pot should be
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yes, its called alcohol poisoning and people die from it all the time.
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My friends on the police force. They always bail me out when I get caught driving drunk. No DUI after blowing .14!
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Sounds like you've got to find out.  Stop impaired driving.
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RESULTS: In 1994 police reported 544 deaths and 793 injuries due to RTA while ambulance records noted 343 deaths and 2048 injuries. The capture-recapture analysis estimated at least 972 (95% CI: 912–1031) deaths and 18936 (95% CI: 15 507–22 342) injuries attributable to RTA during the study period. Official sources counted only 56% of deaths and 4% of serious injuries. The estimated rates for the year 1994 were 185 injuries and 11.2 deaths per 100 000 population. \n\n:> peace