Statistics of DWI
Legal limit of BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) in the body?
What is 0.08%?
Factor that can lower BAC & sober one up.
What is Time?
What are SFSTs (Standardized Field Sobriety Tests)?
Specific "caffeinated beverage" that many people assume to sober you up ; Only makes you more awake and aware.
What is coffee?
Device put on a DWI driver's vehicle that requires the driver to blow into the mouthpiece before the engine will start.
What is an Ignition Interlock Device (IID)?
The maximum time you can serve in prison for a DWI accident.
What is < 1 year?
Vital organ responsible for metabolizing ~90% of the alcohol consumed.
What is the liver?
Two "divided attention" tests standardized by the National Highway & Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
What are the "Walk-and-Turn" and the "One-Leg Stand"?
True or False: You can be charged with a DWI even if your BAC is below the legal limit if your driving is visibly impaired.
What is True?
What is $10,000 to $15,000?
In New York, if a driver’s BAC is this number or higher, they are charged with "Aggravated DWI," which carries much stiffer penalties than a standard DWI.
What is 0.18%?
Alcohol is classified as this type of drug due to it slowing down the central nervous system.
What is a depressant?
Hand-held device often used by officers for a "preliminary" breath sample before a formal arrest.
What is a PBT (Preliminary Breath Test)?
While it may slow the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream, doing this after drinking will not lower your BAC?
What is eating food?
Special type of insurance form often required for high-risk drivers to prove they carry the state's minimum liability coverage.
What is an SR-22?
Law that sets the BAC limit to 0.00% - 0.02% for teens aged 16-18.
What is Zero Tolerance Laws?
What specific chemical is checked for in blood alcohol concentration tests?
What is Ethanol (C2H5OH)
To make a DWI arrest, an officer must meet this higher legal standard of evidence.
What is Probable Cause?
True or False: If you leave a party and are pulled over, you cannot be arrested for an alcohol-related offense in New York if your BAC is below the 0.08% legal limit.
What is False?
(DWAI)
In many states, a third DWI conviction can be upgraded from a misdemeanor to this.
What is a felony?
Percentage of fatalities from DWI accidents
What is 30%?
This scientific law is the foundation of breath testing; it states that at a constant temperature, the concentration of alcohol in the breath is proportional to its concentration in the blood.
What is Henry's Law?
In the 2016 case Birchfield vs. North Dakota, the Supreme Court ruled that while police can conduct a breath test without a warrant after an arrest, they generally must obtain a warrant to perform this more intrusive chemical test.
What is a blood test?
This "Rising BAC" reality argues that a driver could be legal while behind the wheel, but illegal at the station, because this biological process was still occurring during the drive.
What is Absorption?
Term for when the DMV takes away a driver's license independently of the criminal court case.
What is Administrative License Revocation (ALR)?