Posts Tagged ‘DUI’
Alcohol By Volume (ABV) and “Proof” Explained
Alcohol By Volume (ABV) can be very difficult to determine. (Another term you often hear related to ABV is “proof.”) But it’s an important concept to understand in order to stay in control of one’s drinking, which is why I have updated my 2011 post on this topic. I’m updating this post because one of…
Read MoreSober Up Fast – Is It Even Possible?
Sober up fast? Is that even possible? The short answer is, “NO.” But what about throwing up, taking a walk around the block, drinking coffee, or taking a cold shower? Doesn’t that work? Still, “No.” In fact, the only thing that can sober a person up is TIME. Why time? It has to do with…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do if Your Loved One Drinks and Drives
What can you do if your loved one drinks and drives? This is one of the questions I often receive from readers and attendees at my presentations and is being answered by today’s guest author, Robert Hamparyan. Quoting from Robert’s bio, Robert Hamparyan is one of California’s most accomplished personal injury lawyers. After receiving his…
Read MoreBeing the Designated Driver Doesn’t Necessarily Mean You’re Safe
We are closing in on the end of December’s National Impaired Driving Prevention Month and heading for one of the biggest drinking nights of the year – New Year’s Eve. So it’s a good time to remind ourselves that just because a person steps up to be the designated driver for a carful of tipsy passengers doesn’t necessarily mean…
Read MoreNational Impaired Driving Prevention Month 2013
December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, which was established to stop THIS from being true… Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 48 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 billion. CDC –…
Read MoreImpaired Driving Prevention – 3 Things to Know
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month is celebrated annually in December, and the message is simple – “Don’t Drive Impaired.” So why is it that after a night of partying a person can think, “It’s only a few blocks, I can drive.” Or after dinner out, a person can say, “What’s the big deal? She’s only…
Read MoreHow Much Alcohol is in Your Favorite Drink? Standard Drinks Explained
Standard drinks – alcohol by volume. What do these terms mean and why do they matter? “I only had a couple of drinks,” or “We each had a drink and then split a bottle of wine.” These kinds of statements are common when someone gets into trouble as a result of how much they’ve had to…
Read MoreMemorial Day Holiday DUIs — It Takes Far Fewer Drinks Than You’d Think
With today as the official start of the Memorial Day holiday week-end, I thought I’d use this post to share some of the science of how it is that a well-intended person gets a DUI. Of course the obvious answer is they chose to drink and drive. So the obvious question, then, is, “WHY?” The…
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