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21Texting while driving — Main article: Distracted driving Texting while driving leads to increased distraction Texting while driving is the act of composing, sending, reading text messages, email, or making other similar use of the web on a mobile phone while operating a …
22Drunk driving (United Kingdom) — Drink driving law in the United Kingdom governs the ability to drive under the influence of alcohol and other intoxicating substances.OffencesThere are three main types of drink driving offences: # Driving or attempting to drive a vehicle over… …
23dangerous driving — the offences of driving dangerously or causing death by dangerous driving: Road Traffic Act 1991. This replaces the former offence of reckless driving, and the definition of this new offence is very similar to the approach taken by the Scottish… …
24traffic offence — /ˈtræfɪk əfɛns/ (say trafik uhfens) noun an offence committed by a person driving a motor vehicle, as driving over the speed limit, driving with more than the prescribed level of alcohol in the blood, driving without a current licence, or in an… …
25Arrestable offence — is an obsolete term in English and Welsh law. It was created by the Criminal Law Act 1967 to replace felony. The original legislation was replaced and amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which itself was significantly amended to …
26arrestable offence — in English criminal law an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law or for which the sentence is five years imprisonment. The significance is that any person may arrest anyone committing such an offence or anyone whom he reasonably suspects …
27drunk driving — noun a) The act of driving under the influence of alcohol. b) The criminal offence of driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) level higher than the local legal limit. Syn: drink driving See Also: drink driving …
28drink driving — in road traffic law, a convenient term often used to describe driving or attempting to drive while unfit through drink or drugs; being in charge of a vehicle while so unfit; driving while the proportion of alcohol in breath, blood or urine is… …
29drink-driving — is the form in BrE for the legal offence of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood; in AmE it is drunk driving (usually as two unhyphened words). The corresponding forms for the offender are drink driver and (again mostly… …
30drink-driving — noun a) Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage. A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday. b) A criminal offence… …
