Deadly trend: women driving drunk overall, total dui arrests are down. But while men are still charged more, women’s arrests are climbing
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The drunk behind the wheel is increasingly - and more often fatally - a woman. While men account for the vast majority of arrests across the nation for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, an increasing percentage of those charged are women, according to federal crime statistics. Across the nation, too, women were the drivers in an increasing percentage of fatal traffic incidents in which alcohol was involved. The trend has surfaced as total DUI arrests and fatal accidents Source : nl.newsbank.com |