Georgia Drivers Ed Unit 7 |34 questions| with correct answers

The economic cost of crashes in the United States in 2010 was approximately: CORRECT ANSWER $242 billion According to the NHTSA, in 2014 an estimated 9,967 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes which accounted for 31% of all traffic fatalities in the United States. CORRECT ANSWER True According to the CDC, from 2003 to 2012 there were 3,699 people killed in crashes involving a drunk driver in Georgia. CORRECT ANSWER True According to research by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), in 2013 an estimated 28.7 million people reported driving under the influence of alcohol at least once during the previous year. CORRECT ANSWER True Few people die of alcohol related causes yearly and it is not a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. CORRECT ANSWER False Mark drove into the side of an SUV traveling across the intersection. Both Mark and Chris were severely injured and a passenger in the SUV was killed. In a CDC report released in 2010, the estimated economic cost of excessive alcohol consumption was around: CORRECT ANSWER $249 billion Tony and Jessica have just become an unfortunate statistic. The NHTSA estimates that someone dies from an alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes every CORRECT ANSWER 53 minutes Alcohol is a factor in_________of the United States crash costs. CORRECT ANSWER 18%