{"id":209,"date":"2010-10-11T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/drunk-driving-reduction-in-illinois\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:11:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:11:21","slug":"drunk-driving-reduction-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/drunk-driving-reduction-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Driving Reduction In Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/legal-articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legal Articles<\/a> | October 11, 2010<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, more than 13,000 people lost their lives as a result of crashes related to drunk driving. In that same year, more than 400 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Illinois, accounting for almost 40 percent of the state&#8217;s crash fatalities. While all 50 states have statutory offenses directed at those who drive under the influence of alcohol, Illinois has instituted statutory and program interventions that have effectively lowered alcohol-related deaths in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois DUI-related laws have been in existence since 1958. The state&#8217;s DUI programs are as diverse as they are effective. From the state&#8217;s <em>Faces of DUI<\/em> video to the <em>DUI Victim Wall<\/em> to three-tiered licensing and holiday alcohol-testing programs to the &#8220;You Drink &amp; Drive. You Lose&#8221; campaign, Illinois&#8217; programs offer diverse dissemination of information. And as recently as January 2009, the state legislation enacted laws that doubled criminal sanctions for drunk drivers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/drunk-driving-reduction-in-illinois\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Drunk Driving Reduction In Illinois\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Articles | October 11, 2010 In 2008, more than 13,000 people lost their lives as a result of crashes related to drunk driving. In that same year, more than 400 people died in alcohol-related crashes in Illinois, accounting for almost 40 percent of the state&#8217;s crash fatalities. 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