This site deals with a certain perpetrator -- the driver who endangers his or her passengers, his or her self, and surrounding pedestrians by driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.

Drunk drivers are not just alcoholics who have nothing better to do than hang out at bars. They are all kinds of people with all kinds of jobs from all kinds of backgrounds and from all kinds of places.

However, there is one kind of person who tends to drink and drive more than any other. These people are males between the ages of 16 and 24. These people typically are frequent and heavy drinkers. Those still in school are academically average. They are often involved in sports and social activities.

That is not to say that only the above type of person is likely to get in a car drunk. In the following chapters, you will see just how easy it is for anyone to find themselves in a potentially dangerous drunk driving situation.