Your driving record is ALWAYS with you, it doesn't go away as it is a complete compilation of your driving history.
Impaired driving is driving while drunk, drugged, or distracted.
Dwai stands for driving while ability impaired. In NY, it can be very hard to find a job with something like a dwai on your record.
Impaired driving is illegal. Any activity which impairs the driver's ability to control his vehicle is liable for a charge of impaired driving, ie., the consumption of alcohol, eating a hamburger, drinking a coke, reading a road map, looking at the GPS screen, chatting on a cellphone, twiddling the radio station knob, etc. Any and all of these activities while you are driving is laying the driver open to an impaired driving charge if they are caught.
Yes.
Impaired driving is considered a serious criminal offense in many jurisdictions, including Canada, where it is typically prosecuted as a hybrid offense. This means it can be prosecuted as either a summary conviction offense or an indictable offense, depending on factors such as the severity of the impairment and any prior convictions.
Yes. If you are taking prescription pain killers, you can be cited for driving while impaired.
You would be guilty of a crime known as vehicular manslaughter, as well as the crime of impaired driving. These are serious crimes.
No, but your insurance company can still see the violation on your driving record and raise your rates at their discretion.
Yes, certainly. It is the same as drunk driving.
Not if you are mentally or physically impaired from it. Never take anything that could impair your ability to drive, or you will be charged with Driving While Impaired. If convicted, which you probably will be, you will lose your driver's license.
Driving Under the Influence means your judgment is impaired by a substance, be it illicit drugs, alcohol, prescription medications, etc. Negligent driving doesn't involve impaired judgment buy a foreign substance - it's simply poor judgment used while driving, or, in layman's terms, you could call it driving like an idiot.