1. Drinking & Driving By: Mychy Mathis and Kyle Rasmussen

2. http://www.duihope.org/drunk_driving_newspaper_articles_1.html Meet 20 year old Jacqui Saburidio.

3. Driving home one Sunday morning with four friends, their vehicle was struck by a 19 year old drunk driver.

4. Listen to this horrific 911 call…

5. “Not everyone who gets hit by a drunk driver …dies.”

6. About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. http://www.madd.org/stats/1789-(NHTSA, 2001 )

8. http://www.madd.org/stats/1789 60% of people killed in single- vehicle crashes, on the weekends, had Blood Alcohol Levels of.08g/dl or higher.

9. When Is Enough, Enough?

10. Maximum blood alcohol level, while driving, is a.08 g/dl. In order to reach.08 BAC, a 170- pound male would have to consume 4-5 drinks in one hour on an empty stomach, and a 130- pound female would have to consume 3-4 drinks.

11. ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT CHART MALES APPROXIMATE BLOOD ALCOHOL PERCENTAGE Drinks * BODY WEIGHT IN POUNDSEFFECT ON PERSON 100120140160180200220240 0.00 ONLY SAFE DRIVING LIMIT 1.04.03.02 IMPAIRMENT BEGINS. 2.08.06.05.04.03 3.11.09.08.07.06.05 DRIVING SKILLS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. 4.15.12.11.09.08.07.06 5.19.16.13.12.11.09.08 LEGALLY INTOXICATED. CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN ALL STATES ** 6.23.19.16.14.13.11.10.09 7.26.22.19.16.15.13.12.11 8.30.25.21.19.17.15.14.13 9.34.28.24.21.19.17.15.14 10.38.31.27.23.21.19.17.16

12. How Does This Effect Me?

13. Drinking and Driving a Killer night out!!!!! Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and nonfatally injure someone every two minutes (NHTSA 2006). During 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S. died in alcohol- related motor vehicle crashes, representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths (NHTSA 2006). Each year, alcohol-related crashes in the United States cost about $51 billion (Blincoe et al. 2002).

14. Effects A DUI results in a minimum of a 30 day license suspension and thousands of dollars in fines. Iowa SR22 vehicle insurance for DUI offenders is typically 3 times as high as regular insurance. http://www.luhs.org/depts/injprev/Transprt/tran1- 06.htm#Alcohol%20Crash%20Facts

15. College Students 1,700 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes (Hingson et al., 2005). 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 and 24 drove under the influence of alcohol last year (Hingson et al., 2002). 599,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol (Hinson et al., 2005).

16. What can I do as a Buena Vista Student?

17. Educating Volunteer speaking about effects of drinking and driving Mentoring children to prevent drinking and driving Teaching to drink responsibly.

18. Supporting and Utilizing Always have a designated driver. Using services like the rides bus program appropriately.