To enlarge, click on a photo. On the other hand, while only a few drivers have BACs higher than .15, many of those drivers have fatal crashes. The average BAC among fatally injured drinking drivers is .17.
Drinkers consistently underestimate how much they've had to drink and how intoxicated they are.
Alcohol is a factor in 45.1 percent of all fatal traffic crashes and 20 percent of all crashes involving injury. It's time to blast some of the most wacked-out lies about alcohol. You've probably heard them all. Because they can be pretty fierce. You may want to say no to your friends, but it's tough.