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DUI
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the teeth in these new bills was meant to bite.
For the most part, the bills followed the recommendations made last year by the Governor’s Task Force to Combat Drunk Driving Under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol. Gov. Warner, during the signing ceremony, received an award from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for promoting initiatives to combat drunk driving.
The citation by NTSB Chair Ellen Engleman Conners noted that Virginia's actions will challenge other states to “get serious about alcohol and drug impaired drivers.”
The governor’s office points to the need-driven nature of these new laws and the penalties they invoke. The numbers of drunk-driving crashes and fatalities in Virginia have “crept up” over the laws few years, says Atkins.
In the year 2000, there were 11,085 alcohol-related crashes; the state recorded 11,788 in 2002.
In terms of alcoholrelated fatalities, there were 355 in 2000 and 375 in 2002. All time alcohol-related fatalities reached a low of 302 in 1997.
Blood-alcohol content i BAC ) has also been creeping up.
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