Alcohol/BAC Facts
A person over 21 is legally intoxicated if he/she has a BAC of _____ or higher.
What is .08%?
Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of any intoxicating substance/drug.
What is Impaired Driving?
True or False...
Alcohol is a drug.
What is True?
Safety features in vehicles that are designed to protect occupants in the event of a crash. (ex: air bags, seatbelts, child cars seats).
What is Occupant Protection?
A seat belt violation in MS carries this fine.
What is $25?
Two types of Mississippi speeding laws
What are the Absolute Speed Limit and the Basic Speeding laws?
BAC stands for _____ and it measures the amount of alcohol in a person's bloodstream.
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration?
The age group, ________, are already 10x's more likely to be involved in a fatal car crash due to lack of experience. However when alcohol is involved, they become 17x's more likely to be involved in a fatal crash.
What is 16-20?
True or False?
Only alcohol and illegal drugs can lead to a DUI, not over-the-counter medications.
What is false?
The purpose of this presentation
What is increase awareness and decrease the number of fatalities of young drivers 16-20 years old?
The 1st state to implement a seat belt law.
What is New York?
The speed limit is 50 miles per hour and you drive faster than that, you’ve violated this law
What is Absolute Speed Limit?
The instrument used by officers to detect alcohol in a person system
What is a breathalyzer?
Fines, probation, community service, high insurance rates, disappointed parents, required classes and rehab, jail, or even death are all _______ of impaired driving.
What are consequences?
True or False?
Drug-impaired driving can affect coordination, focus, and decision-making
What is true?
The fine for minors caught holding a phone while driving
What is $500?
The year Mississippi passed their seat belt law
What is 2006?
You run a red light when no one is around, what driving violation have you committed?
What is Careless?
Different factors that _____ a person's BAC is: the number of standard drinks, how quickly you drink, weight, gender, medications, food in the stomach.
True or False...
You can NOT get a DUI if caught operating a golf cart, bike, or even a horse while under the influence of alcohol.
What is False?
True or False?
Drug-impaired driving only refers to illegal drugs like marijuana or cocaine.
What is False?
The leading cause of death for teens 15 - 18 years old
What is car crashes?
Every child under the age of 18 regardless of the seat the child occupies, must wear a properly fastened safety seat belt
What is Harlie's Law?
Operating a vehicle in “willful or a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.”
What is reckless driving?
Drinking too much can weaken your _______, slowing your body's ability to fight off infections and ultimately making your body a much easier target for diseases.
What is immune system?
This law make it illegal for those under the age of 21 to drive with even a small amount of alcohol in their system.
What is the Zero Tolerance law?
True or False?
You are safe to drive as long as a medication is legally prescribed to you.
What is false?
The 3 types of distracted driving are
What are Manual, Visual, and Cognitive Distractions?
The date in which ALL vehicles were to be fitted with seatbelts but voluntary to wear.
What is January 1, 1968?
In 2023, speeding killed this number of people
What is 11,775?