Binghamton, NY (Business Wire) 28 August 2010

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a study showing that this week, eight percent of all drivers, or as many as 17 million people, led at least one drink in the past year.

The study underscores the need for further action to take to get drunk drivers off the road and more public information about the serious criminal and civil consequences of driving while impaired, “said Binghamton, New York personal injury attorney Scott C. Gottlieb.

â? The study shows a disturbing trend, and the only way to reverse this trend is to convey the message to people who are driving under the influence of alcohol a dangerous combination and expensive â? said Gottlieb, whose law firm, Scott C. Gottlieb, Injury Law lawyer representing victims of traffic accidents throughout New York? s Upstate region.

â? People need to understand that if you drive impaired you endanger the health and safety of themselves and others and set criminal charges and prosecution, if you cause property damage or injuries â? Gottlieb said.


According to NHTSA

â? National survey of drinking and driving attitudes and behavior, â? four of the five persons identified as impaired driving â? Major threat? themselves and their pets? s security.

But the survey also revealed that about one-fifth of all Americans have been drinking in the past year, driven within two hours. About two-thirds of the drivers had completed 13 percent of the total population aged 16 and older, in the last 30 days.

to the survey, these results mean that an estimated 85.5 million last month, drinking and driving trips took place nationally, which is over 73.7 million reported in a 2004 survey, NHTSA.


In

21-24 years, average alcohol consumption was more than four drinks per session.

â? If you like beer, wine or liquor, or drink, if you use any kind of prejudice to the substance, it impacts your ability to drive a car immediately, or a motorcycle, a? Gottlieb said, noting that nearly 12,000 people die each year in the U.S. in accidents involving alcohol. â? ATI? Negligence? Plain and simple – and as a result of this neglect, familiesâ? Life can destroyed.â p> ???? Gottlieb said by the State of New York has been promoted? s strengthen their position against impaired driving, as the child Passenger Protection Act, right? Leandraâ? s Law, a? ? Became effective 15 August.

under the law, must interlock devices in cars of all persons affected driving offenses, including first-time offenders will be installed. The device prevents a car from starting if the driver blows into a breathalyzer device is connected and registered a BAC of 0.025 or more.

right to the name of a child in an accident in October 2009, a drunk driver killed, also imposes tougher penalties for those convicted go to SIPS, passengers under 15.

Besides crime, said Gottlieb, the injury claims of victims of drunk driving accidents and their families and to compensate hopefully, to discourage people from driving while impaired from.

â? Drinking and driving can be held liable for property damage, pain and suffering, disfigurement, medical expenses, funeral costs, lost wages and loss of earning capacity and punitive damages, â? ? Gottlieb said. â? Obviously, the tragic consequences of driving impaired for all involved.â ????

About Scott C. Gottlieb, Injury Law Attorney

Scott C. Gottlieb, Injury Law lawyer handled all types of injuries and medical malpractice cases, bites, including cases of drunk driving accidents, accidents, motor vehicle, wrongful death, misdiagnosis of cancer, dog, hunting accidents, birth injuries, brain injuries, construction accidents, falls and insurance services. The company has regularly accident reconstruction experts, researchers, photographers and economists to assist us in evaluating and preparing personal injury. The company has offices in Binghamton, Elmira, Rochester, Syracuse and Watertown. For more information, call (607) 724-7700 or use the company? S contact form online.

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