DUI is the abbreviation for driving under the influence and this is not a charge to be taken lightly. You should also never think that you will get away with drinking and driving, because chances are the authorities will apprehend you.

There is a good reason that so many people have been worried about DUI. It is the cause of many fatal accidents and affects the lives of many innocent people, as well as the offender. To make matters worse, it is legal for an adult to drink how much they want to and that only increases the number of drivers on the road who are under the influence.

Drivers who are under the influence (DUI) believe they can drive a straight line or well enough to avoid being detected by officers, but that is not the case. Even the best drivers will give themselves away when intoxicated since they are not functioning at 100% and will be caught.

There are different methods available to authorities in order for them to determine whether or not a driver is drunk or high on drugs. One of the most effective tests is the one that measures the amount of alcohol in the blood as a percentage and this test is commonly known as the BAC. In the US it is illegal to have a BAC of 0.08% or more and if you are caught then you will be charged with the offense.

Another test that traffic authorities administer in determining if the driver is intoxicated is through a Breathalyzer. As the name implies, it involves analyzing the breath of the driver. This is usually done at the time that authorities apprehend violators. Drivers are asked to literally blow some air into a device that reads the blood-alcohol-concentration and if it does not fall in the range of being drunk, the driver is free to go.

Officers that can not perform the breathalyzer test will make a suspicious driver take a laboratory test to determine the percentage of alcohol in the body.

Different states do not have the same penalties since laws vary from state to state, with some higher than others for those driving while intoxicated. A determining factor in imposing penalties is if it is your first offense or if you have been charged with others and common sense tells you the second or third the penalties will be higher.

Some states do consider the age of the offender. In those states if an offender is still a minor, then they have a chance of a more lenient punishment than an adult would get.

There have been many campaigns in recent years to educate both adults and minors alike on the consequences of driving under the influence. Due to the unacceptable number of DUI incidents in recent years authorities are enforcing the law more in apprehending drivers that are DUI in hope of possibly saving a life or more.

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