We all know drinking and driving is bad, but a new survey suggests that many drivers are under the influence of other drugs.
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That’s Chris Cochran, who is the Assistant Director for the state Office of Traffic Safety. The O-T-S study showed 14 percent, or one in seven drivers were under the influence of drugs, while just 7 percent had alcohol in their system. It was a voluntary survey, where over 13-hundred drivers consented to either breath or saliva samples. Cochran says the tests can show what drugs are in their system- but not the amount.
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According to numbers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 30 percent of drivers who were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2010 tested positive for legal or illegal drugs.
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