DUI should not be charged as a misdemeanor, instead the case of DUI should be taken more seriously for a few reasons: First, being weakened prevents a person's body from reacting normally; secondly, the inability to drive affects the driver, passengers, civilians and all their families; third, one third of drink driving offenders are repeat offenders; above all, it only takes one bad accident to kill someone. People drive after drinking alcohol all the time, whether to leave a party, a restaurant or a bar, but just because they were drinking doesn't mean they are driving under the influence. First, what is driving under the influence, DUI? Hingson indicates that, driving under the influence is when a person makes the decision to drink alcohol to the point where his or her blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is above 0.08, leaving the person's body impaired while driving. (Hingson 1) Although the legal limit for a person's BAC is 0.08, Blocker says not all states enforce such a low level. Most states have a BAC limit of 0.10. (Blocker 211) States that have a BAC limit of 0.08 lowered the limit because they knew that a person could become impaired by 0.05 but still be mildly susceptible. But having a BAC of 0.08 makes that person completely impaired. (Dasgupta 28) To understand how the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood determines whether a person is able to have complete control over their senses, it is necessary to understand how alcohol affects the human body. The human body is affected by alcohol in different ways depending on the body part. One of the ways alcohol affects the body is through the brain. Dasgupta says alcohol has the potential to cause two different major brain disorders. One of them, being Korsak... at the center of the newspaper... immediately and placed first among today's issues. How many times does a person have to be stopped while drunk before killing someone? If the driver faced the proper consequences that would keep him off the road forever and out of harm's way, then the issue wouldn't be such a problem. The law should stop casting aside drunk driving as if it were the same thing as loitering or speeding, and bring the problem into the light where change can happen and people can have hope of preserving their lives . Since alcohol impairs the driver's physical senses, reduces action and reaction time, affects many more people than the driver himself, and can inevitably take the life of an innocent civilian, the law on drunk driving should be adopted. more seriously and appropriate to the number of accidents caused by drunk driving.