Sear's Driving Book Chapter 6 Review

What is the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for novice drivers?

.08

Under 21 BAC limit

.08%

Depressant

A drug that slows brain and body reactions

Vehicle seizure

Besides the lawyer's fees, fines, vehicle seizure/forfeiture, alcohol/drug assessment and information course, license reinstatement, and all the other fees related to the trial, conviction, and rehabilitation, your insurance premium will skyrocket for several years after you reapply for your license.

What is the Criminal Code blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for drivers?

By .08 in most states (any discernable amount under 21), the driver is driving under the influence, and can be charged under the Criminal Code with all of the possible penalties.

What can you do to help prevent drinking and driving?

Don't drink too much or not drink and drive at all

Coordination

Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but.

Zero Tolerance Law

Illegal for individuals under age 21 to drive with a positive BAC of any amount

What is meant by the "over-involvement of teens" in alcohol-related crashes?

In Texas in 1998, there were 1,054,120 under legal-drinking-age licensed drivers; this equalled 7.8% of all licensed drivers.

MADD

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

What intervention strategies can be used to reduce drinking and driving?

Never drink and drive

SADD

Students Against Drunk Driving

Tort liability

The legal requirement that a person responsible, or at fault, shall pay for the damages and injuries caused

Designated driver

a person who chooses not to drink alcohol in a social setting so that he or she can safely drive himself or herself and others

What other consequences may be involved in a DUI conviction?

arrest

What are the penalties if novice drivers disobey the law?

arrests and other consequences

BAC

blood alcohol content

Intervention

getting involved in a situation to change what is happening

Synergistic effect

in pharmacology, an increase of effects that occurs when more than one substance is acting on the body at the same time

What are the criminal penalties if they disobey the law?

increase in driving record

What are the effects of alcohol on driving ability?

loss of organ health and lung health, loss of thinking