DUI Facts
FACT
The average DUI offender is:
- Male (79 percent arrested are men);
- Age 34 (61 percent are under age 35);
- Arrested between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. on a weekend; and
- Caught driving with a BAC of .16 -twice the illegal limit.
FACT
The rate of alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes Is four times higher at night than during the day.
-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
FACT
In 2008, 92 percent of drivers arrested for DUI who refused to submit to or failed chemical testing lost their driving privileges; 83 percent of those were first offenders.
-Illinois Secretary of State
FACT
In 2008, the number of traffic fatalities in the United States reached its lowest level since 1961.
-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
FACT
Of the driver’s license revocations in 2008, 3,647 were for second offenses, 1,080 were for third offenses, and 493 were for fourth or subsequent offenses, which resulted in a lifetime revocation.
-Illinois Secretary of State
FACT
About 17 percent of the 48,113 statutory summary suspensions processed in 2007 and 2008 were rescinded.
- Illinois Secretary of State
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