DUI and Drunk Driving History

The History of DUI Driving Under the Influence 1897 The 10 September, a London taxi driver named George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving 1910 The first state to adopt drunk-driving laws was New York 1936 Ur. Rolla Harger, a professor of toxicology and biochemistry, patented the Drunkometer 1938 0.15 percent became the first commonly-used legal limit for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) 1953 Robert Borkenstein, a former police captain and university professor invented the Breathalyzer 1970 It was not until the late 1970's that people were made aware of the of drinking and driving 1980 The Mothers Against Drank Drivers, or MADD, was founded in 1980 by Candy Lightner 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21 1992 NHTSA recommended that all States lower the illegal per se level to .08 for all drivers 21 and older 1998 As part of TEA-21, a new Federal incentive grant was created to encourage States to adopt a .08 BAC illegal per se level Congress adopted .08 BAC as the national illegal limit for impaired driving 2000 SOURCES: QUESTIONS History.com Madd.org Nhtsa.gov ATTORNEY CREATED BY QUESTIONSATTORNEY.COM The History of DUI Driving Under the Influence 1897 The 10 September, a London taxi driver named George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving 1910 The first state to adopt drunk-driving laws was New York 1936 Ur. Rolla Harger, a professor of toxicology and biochemistry, patented the Drunkometer 1938 0.15 percent became the first commonly-used legal limit for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) 1953 Robert Borkenstein, a former police captain and university professor invented the Breathalyzer 1970 It was not until the late 1970's that people were made aware of the of drinking and driving 1980 The Mothers Against Drank Drivers, or MADD, was founded in 1980 by Candy Lightner 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21 1992 NHTSA recommended that all States lower the illegal per se level to .08 for all drivers 21 and older 1998 As part of TEA-21, a new Federal incentive grant was created to encourage States to adopt a .08 BAC illegal per se level Congress adopted .08 BAC as the national illegal limit for impaired driving 2000 SOURCES: QUESTIONS History.com Madd.org Nhtsa.gov ATTORNEY CREATED BY QUESTIONSATTORNEY.COM The History of DUI Driving Under the Influence 1897 The 10 September, a London taxi driver named George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving 1910 The first state to adopt drunk-driving laws was New York 1936 Ur. Rolla Harger, a professor of toxicology and biochemistry, patented the Drunkometer 1938 0.15 percent became the first commonly-used legal limit for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) 1953 Robert Borkenstein, a former police captain and university professor invented the Breathalyzer 1970 It was not until the late 1970's that people were made aware of the of drinking and driving 1980 The Mothers Against Drank Drivers, or MADD, was founded in 1980 by Candy Lightner 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21 1992 NHTSA recommended that all States lower the illegal per se level to .08 for all drivers 21 and older 1998 As part of TEA-21, a new Federal incentive grant was created to encourage States to adopt a .08 BAC illegal per se level Congress adopted .08 BAC as the national illegal limit for impaired driving 2000 SOURCES: QUESTIONS History.com Madd.org Nhtsa.gov ATTORNEY CREATED BY QUESTIONSATTORNEY.COM The History of DUI Driving Under the Influence 1897 The 10 September, a London taxi driver named George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving 1910 The first state to adopt drunk-driving laws was New York 1936 Ur. Rolla Harger, a professor of toxicology and biochemistry, patented the Drunkometer 1938 0.15 percent became the first commonly-used legal limit for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) 1953 Robert Borkenstein, a former police captain and university professor invented the Breathalyzer 1970 It was not until the late 1970's that people were made aware of the of drinking and driving 1980 The Mothers Against Drank Drivers, or MADD, was founded in 1980 by Candy Lightner 1984 The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21 1992 NHTSA recommended that all States lower the illegal per se level to .08 for all drivers 21 and older 1998 As part of TEA-21, a new Federal incentive grant was created to encourage States to adopt a .08 BAC illegal per se level Congress adopted .08 BAC as the national illegal limit for impaired driving 2000 SOURCES: QUESTIONS History.com Madd.org Nhtsa.gov ATTORNEY CREATED BY QUESTIONSATTORNEY.COM