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DUI and Vehicular Homicide | Davis Law Group

Considering the month of June has been titled "National Safety Month" by the National Safety Commission, it appears that drivers within Washington State; specifically Seattle, Renton, and Bellevue, have missed the memo. In June it seems that there are at least two or three new motor vehicle accidents caused by drunk drivers on a weekly basis, with many more that are not making the news or hurting anyone. With the multiple DUI accidents that have taken place lately, one must look for an explanation as to why Seattle is experiencing this spike in Drunk Driving accidents and fatalities. For the answer, look no further than the consequences of DUI arrests and vehicular homicides.

In 2008, there were 37,261 people killed in car accidents in the United States. 11,773 of those deaths involved drivers with Blood Alcohol Concentration above the legal limit of .08. This number is astonishingly low when you consider that in Washington State alone, there were 40,205 DUIs given out last year, and a total of 521 deaths. With such a high number of DUIs being handed out, changes in policy need to be made, specifically to the those policies that govern consequences of acting recklessly, putting oneself as well as others in danger by drinking and driving.

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