Impaired Driving

Communities across America will be hosting Town Hall Meetings on the prevention of underage drinking during the week of March 31 through April 4, 2008. Stop Underage Drinking.com now has the 2008 Community Briefing Prevention Toolkit online to assist you in getting started with planning your Town Hall Meeting.

A BACCHUS Network sponsored site devoted to impaired driving prevention. Has information and facts and figures on the impaired driving problem.

Public information and education on highway safety programs. Fact sheets on vehicle, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, and seat belt usage.

Iowa Dept of Education site that explains requirements for persons driving under the influence within the state of Iowa, and lists approved Iowa locations for the state-mandated 12-hour drinking driver course.

Information on vehicles and equipment, crash fatality data, economic cost of motor vehicle crashes, and national prevention campaigns. See Impaired Driving page, and cost of impaired driving in Iowa.

Fact sheets, statistics. The mission of the Commission is to reduce impaired driving and its tragic consequences.

From NHTSA. Seeks to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related healthcare and economic costs resulting from impaired driving.

Iowa's OWI Law, Effective July 1, 2003 Iowa DOT

Code of Iowa, For Motor Vehicles And Law of the Road, Chapter 321, and for Operating While Intoxicated, Chapter 321J

BAC Chart: Determine your Maximum under the Law (Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division)

Impaired Driving in Iowa (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration )

State Alcohol Estimates (NHTSA)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Impaired Driving (NHTSA)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Impaired Driving Prevention Toolkit (NHTSA)

Underage Drinking in Iowa: The Facts (PIRE)

Impaired Driving Statistics from MADD

National Center for Statistics and Analysis Fact Sheets (NHTSA)

FYI: Impaired Driving (NCADD)