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There are at least three mechanisms that help to explain this finding, Phillips said: "Compared with sober drivers, buzzed drivers are more likely to speed, more likely to be improperly seat-belted and more likely to drive the striking vehicle, all of which are associated with greater severity."
There also seems to be a strong "dose-response" relationship between all these factors, the authors write: The greater the blood-alcohol content, the greater the average speed of the driver and the greater the severity of the accident, for example.
The findings persist even when such potentially confounding variables as inattention and fatigue are excluded from the analysis.
American statistics for 2009 say that 32% of road accidents involved alcohol-impaired drivers.
Which means that 68% of road accidents were caused by sober drivers.
Does that mean that 'statistically', you are less likely to be involved in an accident if you are drunk??
Yes.
And that first number is misleading. For example, if you drink a beer and are sitting at a red light and somebody rear ends you, that is an "alcohol related accident".
MADD has totally brainwashed the public into thinking this problem is much worse than it really is.
And that first number is misleading. For example, if you drink a beer and are sitting at a red light and somebody rear ends you, that is an "alcohol related accident".
MADD has totally brainwashed the public into thinking this problem is much worse than it really is.
Well of course,MADD needs the donations to keep rolling in.
American statistics for 2009 say that 32% of road accidents involved alcohol-impaired drivers.
Which means that 68% of road accidents were caused by sober drivers.
Does that mean that 'statistically', you are less likely to be involved in an accident if you are drunk??
Suppose for a second that drunk drivers are hitting sober drivers. Does that help a bit?
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