Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

driving under the influence

The offense of operating a motor vehicle in a physically or mentally impaired condition, esp. after consuming alcohol or drugs. 0 Generally, this is a lesser offense than driving while intoxicated But in a few jurisdictions the two are synonymous. - Abbr. DUL - Also termed (in N.Y.) driving while ability-impaired (DWAI); driving under the influence of liquor (DUIL); driuiag while intoxicated (DWI); operating under the influence (OUI); operating while intoxicated (OWI); operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OMVI); operating a motor vehicle under the infuence (OMVUl). Cf. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED