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The number of people affected by driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) has been constantly growing the past couple of years. According to DrunkDrivingLawyers.com “Alcohol-related traffic accidents in 2005 accounted for nearly 17,000 American deaths and over 700,000 injuries.” It is also said that every 33 minutes a person is killed in a DUI crash. This is probably the reason behind the signficant increase in demand for DUI lawyers or Attorneys specializing in cases involving Driving Under the Influence of alcohol or drugs. Sites like DrunkDrivingLawyers.com and AccidentAttorneys.com have sprung up precisely to address this need. There are even free online forms on some sites that allow you to contact a DUI lawyer or an expert that specifically deals with DUI related cases. On the other hand, other sites such as DUI.com and CaliforniaDrunkDrivingLaw.com provide general information about DUI to avoid these accidents from happening in the first place. The table below taken from CaliforniaDrunkDrivingLaw.com shows the Blood Alcohol Concentration Chart for Males and Females. The darker shade of gray shows the legally drunk while the lighter shade shows when driving skills are already impaired.

Males

Females