Not always. Being charged once or twice would not be viewed as mentally ill, but a large amount of DUI charges may be viewed as mentally ill, depending on the case.but then again it depends on your definition of mentally ill.
No, but if involved in an accident, even when not at fault, the drunk driver would still be guilty of, and could be charged with, DUI.
depends--> Thanks for a swift answer, but a bit more of an in depth explanation would be more helpful.
Almost certainly.
No, he wasn't. Charlie and Sam were struck by a drunk driver after the baseball game.
Yes, the twins were killed by a drunk driver in the tragic accident.
No, your claim for injury relates to the injury you have suffered. However a drunk driver has broken the law and therefore would normally be subject to punishment by the state - this is a separate issue.
No
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You can file a claim with your insurance company. You can also get a lawyer and file a lawsuit against the drunk driver.
The same thing that anyone would be entitled to if hit by a sober driver: repair or total loss settlement of the vehicle; possible medical coverage if your state doesn't require you to have your own auto medical coverage; and possibly a bodily injury claim if the person sitting at the light was injured. The "drunk driver" part could come into play if, say, the bodily injury portion of the claim went to trial. A sympathetic jury or judge might say the drunk driver's condition at the time of the loss would increase the value of a bodily injury claim. Still, the drunk driver's insurance carrier would only pay the value of the bodily injury claim, which doesn't include punitive damages found against the drunk driver.
It is not really possible to know how many vehicle accidents are caused by drunk driving. A person could make an educated guess, but never know for sure how accurate it was. In order to do this, you would have to find out have many accidents are actually caused by a drunk driver and how many are caused by a sober driver. Remember, a lot of vehicle accidents do involve a drunk driver, but they are all not necessarily all caused by them.