Jacqui’s Story
Jacqueline Saburido was taking a break from college and industrial engineering classes when she came to the United States from Venezuela to study English. A drunk driving crash changed her life completely.

Talk to Your Kids
Experts offer suggestions for what to say if young children are frightened by images they see on television.

The Law in Texas
The legal limit for intoxication in Texas is .08 blood alcohol concentration (BAC). Texas also has a zero tolerance law. For anyone under 21, it is illegal to drive with any detectable amount of alcohol.

Resources
You can find statistics, reports and suggestions dealing with alcohol-related issues on many web sites.

Texas DWI home

For more information, visit DWIBlues.com.

Drunk driving is a violent crime—and in the United States, drunk driving crimes occur more often than any other crime. Every five hours in Texas, someone is killed in an alcohol-related traffic crash.

Texas is among the national leaders when it comes to traffic deaths that involve alcohol. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2004 in Texas, 1,642 motorists were killed in alcohol-related crashes—second to California by only a single death. Experts estimate that 70 Texans are injured or killed in alcohol-related crashes every day.

The Department of Public Safety reports that of the 98,349 drunk driving arrests made in Texas in 2004, 303 young people between nine and sixteen years old were arrested for drinking and driving. An additional 9,285 minors between ages 17 and 20 were arrested for driving under the influence. That means more than 11 percent of all the people arrested for drinking and driving were under 21—the legal age for alcohol in Texas.