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DWI Victim Impact Panel

DWI Victim Impact Panel. Sponsored by Impact DWI Coordinator: Dick Roth Lt. Dennis O’Brian Mike Martinez Patty Owens Kenny Martinez Kevin Dalton Margaret Oster. Speakers:. Introduction. Purpose: To reduce DWI Re-arrests By Providing Information Experiences.

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DWI Victim Impact Panel

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  1. DWI Victim Impact Panel Sponsored by Impact DWI Coordinator: Dick Roth Lt. Dennis O’Brian Mike Martinez Patty Owens Kenny Martinez Kevin Dalton Margaret Oster Speakers: Every Drink Increases the Risk

  2. Introduction • Purpose: To reduce DWI Re-arrests • By Providing • Information • Experiences Every Drink Increases the Risk

  3. The Day Before Thanksgiving in Santa Fe

  4. Legal + Legal = Not Legal • Drinking is legal • Driving is legal • Driving after Drinking is Not Legal WHY? Every Drink Increases the Risk

  5. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCESEvery Drink Increases The Risk • Of being arrested. • Of causing a crash • Of injuring someone • Of Killing someone Every Drink Increases the Risk

  6. Statistics on DWISanta Fe New Mexico U.S. • Deaths 10 179 17,036 • Injuries 104 1898 ~250,000 • People in Crshs 474 5513 • DWI Arrests 1233 19,558 1,400,000 • Average BAC 0.16% 0.15% 0.15% • Cost $92,128,000 $1,026,896,000 $140.0 B • Cost per capita $647 $522 $400 Every Drink Increases the Risk

  7. UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF DWIDuring this 2 hour Presentation • 240 Persons will be injured in DWI Crashes One Injury every 30 seconds. • 8 Persons will be killed in DWI Crashes. One Death every 15 minutes. Every Drink Increases the Risk

  8. Some Comparisons 3000 Fatalities due to September 11 Terrorist Attack. 17,000 Fatalities Yearly due to DWI Every Drink Increases the Risk

  9. What is a DRINK? • 0.5 oz of pure alcohol • 12 oz of beer (5 % alcohol) • 4 oz of wine (12-13% alcohol) • 1 oz of vodka, gin, bourbon, or scotch (50% alcohol =100 proof) • 40 oz beer = 4 drinks • 16 oz wine = 4 drinks • 4oz Crown Royal = 4 drinks Every Drink Increases the Risk

  10. B.A.C. vs DrinksB.A.C. is the percent of alcohol in the bloodDrinks BAC Crash Risk • 0 0.00% 1X • 1 0.02% 2X • 2 0.04% 4X • 3 0.06% 8X • 4 0.08% 16X • 5 0.10% 32X • 6 0.12% 64X • 7 0.14% 128X • 8 0.16% 256X Every Drink Increases the Risk

  11. Research on Driving Ability vs BAChttp://204.68.195.250/people/injury/research/pub/impaired_driving/BAC/ • Partial evidence of impairment at 0.02 BAC. • By 0.04% BAC, all measures of impairment that are statistically significant are in the direction of degraded performance. • No evidence of a BAC below which impairment does not occur. • Impairment difference between subjects were insignificant. • Impairment depended solely on BAC. Every Drink Increases the Risk

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  14. Crime and PunishmentAdam, Benito, and Charlie drink over 5 drinks at a party and decide to drive home. • Adam gets home safely. • Benito is arrested for DWI • Charlie kills someone • What is the Punishment? • Charlie goes to Jail; Benito Fines; Adam None • What is the Crime? • Deciding to drive after drinking…Same for all Every Drink Increases the Risk

  15. Russian Roulette • Imagine a revolver with 1000 Chambers • With no bullets is safe to play. • With 1 bullet…1 chance in 1000 of disaster. • With 2 bullets…2 chances in 1000 • The car is the revolver • The bullets are alcoholic drinks • Combining them is very dangerous Every Drink Increases the Risk

  16. Alcohol is an Equal OpportunityLife Destroyer. • Free anonymous help is available in Santa Fe • Meet healthy people overcoming similar problems • Where and How? • 100 AA meetings per week in S.F. 982-8932 • 2 NA meetings per day in S.F. 984-2098 • CRAFT Program for families of alcoholics. 473-0099 Every Drink Increases the Risk

  17. You were lucky…Charlie was not Every Drink Increases the Risk

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  20. Drunk Driver Plows into Mexican Bike Race One Dead, 10 Injured , June 1, 2008

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