Impaired Driving Laws Interactive Map¶
Specification¶
The full specification below is extracted from Chapter 10: Substance Use Disorder, Recovery, and Policy.
Type: map
**sim-id:** impaired-driving-laws-map<br/>
**Library:** Leaflet<br/>
**Status:** Specified
Bloom Taxonomy: Evaluate (L5)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: assess, justify, compare
Learning objective: Students assess and justify why impaired driving laws include stricter zero-tolerance standards for underage drivers by comparing adult and underage legal BAC limits and penalty structures across a sample of states.
Geographic scope: Map of the United States with a sample of 6-8 states highlighted (illustrative, using publicly documented legal categories rather than every state's exact current statute).
Locations: Each highlighted state is a clickable region.
Data represented: For each highlighted state, an infobox shows: adult legal BAC limit, underage (zero-tolerance) BAC limit, and a general description of penalty severity categories (e.g., "first offense: license suspension and fines; repeat or high-BAC offense: increased penalties, possible mandatory education").
Legend: Color coding distinguishes states by penalty-severity category (illustrative categories, not a precise ranking), with a note that all states enforce meaningfully stricter standards for underage drivers than for adults.
Interactive features: Click a highlighted state to open an infobox with its legal categories described above; a "Compare Two States" mode lets the learner click two states to see their infobox data side by side; hover any state for its name.
Implementation: Leaflet.js with a simplified U.S. states GeoJSON layer; responsive container that resizes with the browser window. Content note: figures are presented as illustrative educational categories, and the diagram includes a visible caption noting that students should consult their own state's current statute for exact legal limits, since laws can change.