Sentences with phrase «driving drunk likely»

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With the meting out of more mandatory sentences for drunk driving, the number of suicides among first offenders is likely to increase significantly.

And that isn't even talking about the chance of someone (anyone — driver, innocent bystander) dying, which is somewhere on the order of 1000 times less likely (for every 1 million people who drink and drive, 2 people will end up dead (most likely the driver)-RRB-.

If I get drunk before driving I am responsible for any ensuing accident, because it is a likely eventuality.

All of this combines to suggests that a drunk is absurdly more likely to choose to drive under the influence than someone who is high.

Furthermore, since drinking tends to be associated with social get together and bars people who get drunk are more likely to do it away from home and then feel the need to drive home, leading to social influences that encourage drunk driving.

In addition, motorists under the age of 24 are statistically the most likely to be involved in drink drive accidents.

Based on DeJong's review, that research supports what earlier work had shown: Since the legal drinking age was set at 21, young people have been drinking less and are less likely to get into drunk - driving crashes.

Teens are five times likelier to be in a car accident when in a group than when driving alone, and likelier to commit a crime or drink alcohol when with a group of peers.

At particular risk were kids who used alcohol and marijuana at the same time: They were about 50 to 90 percent more likely to admit to unsafe driving than their peers who did not drink or smoke pot.

While males were more likely to drive after using drugs or drinking alcohol, there were no significant gender differences between those who rode in cars with drivers who had been using drugs or alcohol.

«The silver lining was that emphasizing the energy drink in the cocktail made the participants less likely to drive,» said study co-author Krishna.

It's always that little bit cleverer, more interesting and, above all, more real than we're expecting, as this mature New York woman adjusts to a society where outside the reporters» enclave she's likely to get spat at just for letting her head - scarf slip, while inside the Kabubble, as it's called, it's a non-stop party driven by the one great unspoken thought — eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we (might) die.

And with a likely disproportionate number of riders on the road being utterly unqualified to ride and / or unfamiliar with the roads and / or drunk and / or futzing around with their phone while driving (I saw it many times), I wanted nothing to do with being on a scooter around them.

Drinking and driving accidents are more likely to involve fatalities and cause serious injuries.

The headline points are: ● prolonged, persistent and deliberate bad driving and consumption of drink and drugs puts offenders in the most serious category with jail sentences of at least seven years; ● a combination of these features of dangerous driving accompanied by aggregating factors, such as a bad driving record, attracts sentences towards 14 years; ● careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs provides for a longer sentence, as the degree of intoxication increases; ● regarding mobile phones — an offender distracted by a handheld mobile phone when the offence was committed will be treated as particularly serious; ● reading or composing texts over a period of time at the wheel is also likely to result in a higher level of seriousness and offenders should serve up to seven years in prison.

Roadside tests for drunk driving A police officer who is investigating an accident is more likely to make a probable cause determination on drunk driving than on drugged driving.

If you are convicted of a drinking and driving offence by an Ontario court, you will likely face the following penalties:

In fact, texting while driving is six times more likely to lead to an accident than drunk driving.

What this means is that most people, even a lawyer not practicing solely in the area of drinking and driving, will most likely assume that there is no way to beat this type of charge.

The typical cases that we see quite a few of are the usual drunk driving offenses that developing out of a routine traffic stop, which likely was precipitated by a fairly minor moving violation or vehicle infraction.

Men accounted for 71 % of all car accident - related deaths in 2012, and they're more likely to drive drunk and without a seatbelt than women.

According to the study, kids in states that have the strictest GDL laws are less likely to drink and drive or to get into an auto with another driver who has been drinking.

Men are more likely than women to overlook the hazards of drinking and driving.

The study's findings include: if a teen thinks his or her parent eats or drinks while driving, the teen is three times (3.4) more likely to do the same thing.

According to insurance companies men are more likely to get into an auto accident or commit a violation like drinking and driving or speeding.

People who have committed violations like speeding, drinking while driving or parking in the wrong places are more likely to pay a higher premium than people who have followed the law.

This is because good students are viewed as being more trustworthy and less likely to engage in dangerous behaviors like drinking and driving.

While drunk driving accidents are a nationwide problem, there are state - to - state differences in how likely you are to encounter an intoxicated driver in your headlights.

And never drink and drive; not only is it against the law but it can also impair your judgment and impact your reaction time making it much more likely that you will get into an accident.

If a teen's parent reports eating or drinking while driving, the teen is two times (2.2) more likely to do the same (as compared to if the parent does not report this behavior at all).

For example, if you received these points due to drunk driving, you will likely not be able to have these points removed by attending a comedy traffic school.

The research also revealed that, according to young people, drink driving is more likely to occur in the North of the UK.

Drivers aged between 17 - 24 years of age are statistically more likely to have a drink driving related accident per mile driven.

Cohabitating couples are also less likely to monitor each others» health, remind one to go to the dentist, prepare healthy meals, and speak up about unhealthy behaviors like smoking, drinking, and reckless driving.