For the purposes of prosecuting repeat offenders, Maine law gives drivers a clean slate 10 years after a violation.
158,379 drivers have violated Maine's drunken driving laws in the past 30 years — over a quarter of whom have been repeat offenders. Of that total,
47,581 drivers (the inner circle of the pie chart below) have offended in the past 10 years.
Legend
one offense
two offenses
three offenses
four offenses
five offenses
six or more offenses
42,585
individual drivers have had more than one drunken driving violation in the past 30 years.
158,379
people have at least one Maine drunken driving offense in the past 30 years,
and of those,
47,581
have had offenses within the past 10 years.
724 individuals have had six or more drunken driving offenses in the past 30 years.
SOURCE: Maine Office of the Secretary of State INTERACTIVE DESIGN: Christian MilNeil/online producer
