Drunk-Driving Fatalities. Drunk-driving fatalities represent the total number of people (occupants and non-occupants) killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes in which at least one driver had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 or higher. The following graph is based on data published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Federal Highway Administration Annual Highway Statistics.

1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 10,000 12,000 150.2 10,228 210.1 Total Drunk-Driving Fatalities Down 52%

40% Increase in Licensed Drivers Licensed Drivers

(millions)

Total Fatalities in Drunk-Driving Crashes 21,113 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 145 155 165 175 185 195 205 215 22,000

a. What features of the graph are potentially misleading?

b. Do you think that it was necessary to incorporate those features in order to display the data?

c. What could be done to more correctly display the data?