What Is “Dui”?
DUI means Driving Under the Influence of alcohol or drugs (whether prescription or illegal drugs). You can also violate the DUI laws by driving with 0.10 (or 0.08 depending on your state) or more blood alcohol level, or if a blood or breath sample within 2 hours of driving is 0.10 (or 0.08) or more – unless you can prove that you consumed the alcohol AFTER driving.
Operating a motor vehicle safely is difficult enough when sober, but add the effects of alcohol or other intoxicants and the task can become nearly impossible. A significant number of traffic deaths and serious accidents are caused by alcohol or drug-impaired drivers, although many of them survive the incidents without serious injury. This has led all 50 states to establish strict laws concerning drivers who operate vehicles while intoxicated. In some states, violation of these laws is called DUI, or Driving Under the Influence. Other states refer to this violation as DWI, short for Driving While Intoxicated. Many state DUI laws were developed in response to federal highway funding mandates. In order to qualify for federal road maintenance assistance, individual states were compelled to define a legal age for alcohol consumption and laws defining the legal level of intoxication for drivers. In general, states established a legal drinking age of 21 years, although some allowed the consu
DUI is an abbreviation for Driving Under the Influence. A person is guilty of DUI if he or she drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and is under the influence of alcoholic beverages or any chemical or controlled substance to the extent that his or her mental faculties are impaired or when his or her blood alcohol level (BAC) is above the legal limit for the state. (Presently .
