Every year almost 20,000 people are killed in accidents involving people (or persons) under the influence of alcohol or drugs. That means that someone is killed from alcohol-related accidents approximately every 7 hours and 29 minutes. These types of accidents end up costing the nation almost $50 billion dollars each year. Which is a rise of 4% since 1994. Every year, the police give a breath test to 1.2 - 1.4 million car drivers and about 7,000- 10,000 boat drivers to eliminate drunken drivers …showed first 75 words of 1486 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1486 total…consequence was an increase in 15-20 year olds under the influence involved in fatal crashes. As a result, a number of states raised their legal buying age, in a number of states back up to 21 years old and in other 19 or 20. Institute researchers then found that the number of nighttime fatal crashes dropped. In 1970, the average of nighttime fatalities was 28 percent. Between 1975 and 1984 it dropped by 13 percent, meaning in 1985 the nighttime fatality rate was 15 percent.