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 states may use other names for the offense including "driving while intoxicated" (DWI), "operating while impaired" (OWI) or "operating while ability impaired", and "operating a vehicle under the influence" (OVI). In various jurisdictions the offense is termed driving while impaired, impaired driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating under the influence (OUI), operating vehicle under the influence (OVI), and drink-driving (UK/Ireland). The name of the offense varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and from legal to colloquial terminology. Multiple other terms are used for the offense in various jurisdictions. A "Don't drink and drive" sign is placed in front of a wrecked car to discourage impaired drivingĭriving under the influence ( DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely.
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