Drunk Driving (DWI or DUI)

It shouldn't since that's past the probationary period.

I am!

withdrawal of driving licence

It depends on the state. In some states you can. For instance, in Tennessee you can as long as it's been 1 year or more I think.

NEVER! As I was told in NJ, it's a states right to deny you the right to drive. It is a priv. So, if you never pay your fine, you can never drive in that state.

Yes / True

According to http://www.senioryears.com/soapbox29.html the answer to how long an accident stays on record is approximately 6(six) years.

An accident is "chargeable" for 3 years after the accident. Some insurance companies will also underwrite, but not charge, for accidents for 5 or 6 years. As far as staying on your "record", the CLUE (Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange) report will show claims activity of any sort for up to 10 years.

Alcohol doesn't directly slow your reactions. Instead, alcohol makes it more likely you'll miss an important cue and not react at all. Or that you'll fall asleep. Research by Herbert Moskowitz in the 1970s showed that alcohol has little effect on reaction time (RT) in simple tasks, but give the person a task that requires divided attention and the odds they'll screw up and miss something goes up and up the more the person drinks. Driving is a divided attention task: you have to divide your attention between lane positioning, speed, position relative to other traffic and making sure that you follow the right route to your destination. When sober, your eyes flick from point to point 4-5 times per second as you gather information about the road and traffic. The more you drink, the fewer times per second your eyes move, so you're collecting less information about what's going on around you and you're more likely to miss something important that could keep you out of a crash. The drunker you get, the more you develop a sort of "tunnel vision" where you only detect cues in the middle of your visual field and miss the cues at the edges of your field of view. Also, the more you drink, the more your eyes stop moving completely for periods longer than 1 second. It's like the lights are on and nobody's home. The famous "Grand Rapids study" in the early 1960s indicated that if your blood alcohol level is up around the legal limit, you're something like 25-50 times as likely to get into a crash.

The latest data released by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) for 2009 shows that the total number of people killed in vehicle crashes is 33,808, 10,839 of those deaths were from alcohol related accidents. The NHTSA has not yet released the 2010 results for alcohol related accidents, but they have released preliminary figures for total accident deaths of 32,788, a decrease from 2009.

In the state of California yes. In the state of California yes.

It gets VERY expensive! Check out "DUI - A Costly Mistake" in the related link I added.

1st degree is the more severe charge?

DUI manslaughter can be increased if they see fit and can get you a load of jail time up to or exceeding twenty-five years. Other information can be found from your states attorney.

While being drunk and behind the wheel you could take innocent lives. Drunk driving impairs your ability to stay alert and driving in general.

Re-"Can you become a firefighter with a DUI?"

I am a district fire chief in south Florida. The question isn't a fair question because the answer to this isn't so simple! In actuality it is possible to be hired on with a DUI depending on your circumstances. There are some departments where officers will hire new firefighters whom they personally know before the open process. These departments are usually smaller departments where the city or county regulations and laws arent as strict as larger ones. Dont think this means that its anywhere near easy to get hired on with a DUI on you record... 1st of all 90% of departments wont even consider hiring you when you have a DUI on your record because not only is it an insurance expense for the department but its also a known liability that most departments wont consider taking . At our department here in Florida we wont consider anyone with a DUI or felony conviction no exception and I know for effect the three closest handle thes hiree's the same way! The best advice I could give someone with a DUI or felony on their record that's interested in joing the fire service is that, unless you know a high ranking officer whose word has pull and can guarantee you a job in the department, then your looking down a road that's probably gonna disapoint you after you spend the time and money for school> also find out from your local departments if they do accept interviews with interested Felons or DUI's... hope this helps.

Chief Doug Calhoun

yes as long as it wasnt a felony conviction

Hopefully they will put you in jail until you learn.

"To find DUI information, contact your local police to be informed, find pamphlets on DUIs through alcoholic's anonomous, or you can research websites providing detailed information."

Do the right thing. Go to North Carolina and face the music. Delaying it will not make it go away.

I'm not sure of the percent but I can tell you this. Lots of people are killed. If you are a member of answers.com then you can look over the section in my profile titled World Problems to learn about other things.

It depends. Check the wording of the policy. If it can be proved that the policyholder contributed to his own death, there very well could be a problem.

Your licence will be suspended, and, if having that CDL was an essential part of your job, welcome to the unemployment line.