I don’t know about you, but I prefer my family to be safe during the Holidays. New Years Eve is spent every year at my home with my kids. For one, I want to spend the bringing in of the New Years with my family and two…I’m just plain scared to be out on those days with the drunks on the road!
In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the U.S. were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes – and during the periods around Christmas and New Year’s, this number was particularly high, with 316 people killed in alchol-impaired driving crashes. In 2007, 162,493 women were arrested for a DUI, an increase of almost 29% since 1998.
Is it worth the risk? Not to me. Would you want to be that person that takes out a whole family that is traveling during the holidays because you had a few too many? Not me…
The Buzzed Driving website has a pledge you can sign saying you will not drive buzzed! You can also play an interactive game which demonstrates the difference between buzzed and drunk. You can also hear some personal stories there.
I hope all of my friends and family will be safe this Holiday Season, for their own families and for others!
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