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Impaired Driving Prevention Benefits Employers as well as
Communities
Preventing impaired driving requires the involvement of community
leaders and organizations with the power to spread the right message
to those who need to hear it most. Employers have enormous potential
to contribute to the campaign to eliminate impaired driving. Those
most likely to drive impaired—those between the ages of 21 and
34—are well represented in the workplace and provide a captive
audience for prevention messages. But employer-sponsored prevention
efforts do much more than just benefit employers' communities—they're
good for business.
Impaired Driving vs. Drunk Driving
Although common in everyday language, the phrase "drunk driving"
is not actually used as a legal term because many drivers who are
part of the problem do not exhibit visible, outward signs of drunkenness.
Rather, the term "impaired driving" is used because it better
describes the realities of drinking alcohol and driving—when
an individual consumes alcohol, even at low levels, his/her ability
to drive is impaired even though outward signs of impairment may not
be evident.
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