According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in 2007, there were 788,864 DUI arrests. In 2008, as compared to 2009, the alcohol-impaired driving fatality rate declined from .43 to .40 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel (VMT). States above that rate include Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama.
In 2008, Louisiana had 338 alcohol-impaired crashes resulting in a .75 VMT rate, the 3rd highest in the nation. The devastation to a family of not seeing their child, spouse, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, as a result of a death caused by a drunk driver is devastating. Every injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable simply by the drunk by not driving.
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
