The murderer States drunken driving
The Christmas season brings joy, not only, but a little on drunk driving. This is particularly frightening if you live in one of 15 countries (including the District of Columbia), of which 41% or more of all fatalities are alcohol related. Worse still, according to the medical advocacy group has enabled end Needless to death on the road to our Ways (END) is that 10 of the so-called Fatal 15 countries on the list for three consecutive years.Chicago-END, in announcing its annual ranking of deaths from alcohol to 30 November, said that nearly 17,000 motorists were killed in Germany in recent years in traffic accidents, and 4,300 of those deaths was fatal in 15 states. At the top of the list of Washington, DC, where drunk driving was 54.17% in transport of all deaths, followed by Hawaii with 50.71%. The ranking is based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s reporting system.
Repeat offenders
The 10 repetitions in the top 15 are Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Montana, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, DC and Wisconsin. The other five are at the head of Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, North Dakota and Washington.
Progress in eradicating drunken driving and, as well as deaths has been difficult in recent years. In 1982, the number of deaths in car crashes, 43945, and 60% of respondents, or 26173, have lost their lives in accidents in which at least one driver was affected by alcohol, according to the NHTSA. The number and rate of deaths due to alcohol has been declining steadily until 1997, when 16711 people died in accidents drunk driving, or 40% of deaths car accident.
But since then, the floating rate equal to 40%, despite efforts by organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Madd) and themselves responsible campaigns drinking water alcohol, such as Anheuser-Busch (BUD) , Diageo (DEO), Brown - Foreman (BFB) and Constellation Brands (STZ). Last year, 38.87% of deaths in Germany by drink-driving, compared to 39.15% in 2004.
An ounce of prevention
Dr. Thomas Esposito, co-chairman of END, recommended that doctors and other health professions workers a greater role in identifying patients with problems of alcohol abuse, then intervene before they behind the wheel of the car. The screening procedure recommended by the group of patients ask some questions about consumer habits and counseling and those who respond positively to one or more questions. He spoke studies have found that 5 - 15 minutes of council meetings have proved their worth, in descending order of consumption at-Risk-drinkers.
The group also recommends that States, increased the penalty for motorists refuse to surrender a sobriety test, the increase in fines for the first time and repeat offenders, and long prison sentences for people who drink-driving and automobile expiration.
The State of alcohol lowest mortality rates linked proves enhance the benefits of drinking up legal supervision. In Utah, where drinking water laws are the most severe of the nation (it is illegal for intoxicated “in such a magnitude that the person presents a danger to himself or another” in Utah) Only 13.12% of fatalities from traffic associated alcohol during the past year. That is half the quota of the next lowest level, Iowa, to 26.22%.