DUI vs DWI: Dot the I’s?
Thought it was always Driving Under The Influence and Driving While Intoxicated. DUI for suspicion of drug use and DWI for drunks. I recently heard the term “Impaired”. Having driven several times with a missing contact lens, I started thinking of numerous “Impairments”. Is that a valid charge that carries a similar sentence as Drunk Driving? If the I does stand for Impaired, what are examples?
Different states, different words, same meaning. In NYS it’s DWI – Driving While Intoxicated. Other jurisdictions its DUI, Driving Under the Influence. In NYS the lesser charge is DWAI, Driving While Ability Impaired. Impaired means in the case of NY where .08 and above is DWI, .06/.07 is the lesser charge, a violation of impaired.
Intoxicated and Impaired both mean either Alcohol or Drugs. In the subdivision it would reveal whet the person was intoxicated or impaired with.
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