![]() ![]() The first is "Driving or attempting to drive with excess alcohol" (legal code DR10), the other is known as "In charge of a vehicle with excess alcohol" (legal code DR40) or "drunk in charge" due to the wording of the Licensing Act 1872. In the United Kingdom, there are two separate offences to do with alcohol and driving. Other commonly used terms to describe these offenses include drinking and driving, drunk driving, drunken driving, impaired driving, operating under the influence, or "over the prescribed limit". ![]() Vehicles can include farm machinery and horse-drawn carriages, along with bicycles. Such laws may also apply to boating or piloting aircraft. In the United States, the specific criminal offense is usually called driving under the influence, but in some states "driving while intoxicated" (DWI), "operating while impaired" (OWI) or "operating while ability impaired", "operating a vehicle under the influence" (OVI), etc. ![]() The name of the offense varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and from legal to colloquial terminology.
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