AAA Study Reports One in 10 Drivers Admit They May Have Driven Drunk

Drinking and driving is viewed as a very serious threat by 87 percent of drivers and the related social disapproval is almost universal.

However, new data recently released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that one in 10 drivers reported having driven when they thought that their alcohol level might have been close to or possibly over the legal limit within the past 12 months, and just over half of those (5.5 percent of all drivers) reported having done this more than once within the past 12 months.

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