Repeat Intoxicated Driver Laws. Traffic Safety Facts: Laws

摘要

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration supports the enactment of repeat intoxicated driver laws. The Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century (TEA.21) Restoration Act established a program to encourage States to adopt laws that provide for enhanced sanctions for repeat offenders of impaired driving laws (23 USC 164). Repeat offenders account for a large portion of the impaired driving problem. One.third of all driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence (DUI) arrests each year involve people who have been convicted previously of DWI/DU