The blood rushes into his lungs. The brake pedal snaps off. The car frame buckles in the middle. The driver's head smashes into the windshield. The rear wheels, still spinning, fall back to the ground.
Hinges rip loose, doors fly open, and the seats break free striking the driver from behind.
The last 3 tenths of a second mean nothing to the driver. Drivers and pedestrians impaired by alcohol and other drugs account for nearly 17,700 highway deaths annually. One person dies in an alcohol-related crash every 30 minutes. Motor vehicle crashes are the greatest single cause of death for children, adolescents, and young adults in the United States - greater than deaths from other drugs, wars, or disease. Of those crashes, one-half are caused by someone's excessive consumption of alcohol or other drugs combined with getting behind the wheel of a car, motorcycle, truck, or bus.