Drunk Driving….Just Don’t Do It!
As a child it was common for my Dad’s pager to go off. It did not matter if we were eating dinner, having a birthday party, at church or just waking up Christmas morning. My Dad was on call 24-7. He is now a retired firefighter and while on the department he was also an EMT which meant that he was dispatched to many car accidents. I can remember him coming home and telling me more then once about a car accident where he had to use the jaws of life to cut someone out. Or about how someone lost their life due to someone else’s carelessness. More often then not that carelessness was due to someone drinking and driving. It is heart breaking that something so foolish can lead to the loss of an innocent life.
To add to this story of drunk driving I myself also lost three close friends due to drunk driving. They of course did not think they had too much to drink….but they did. My friend was so drunk that instead of putting his car in reverse to back away from a cliff…he put it in drive. My three friends died instantly. Drunk driving is not something that you should ever chance!
Did you know that in the U.S. alone there are over 300,000 cases of drunk driving and 1/3 of those drivers who are convicted and arrested are repeat offenders. Also 23.4% of drunk drivers are between the ages of 21 & 25 and an average of 1 in 3 people will be involved in a drunk driving accident in their lifetime……that is a lot of accidents waiting to happen.
If you would like to educate yourself on drunk driving then I recommend you check out these drunk driving facts today!
Please remember that drunk driving is not worth your life…or someone else’s! Make arrangements if you plan on drinking and be safe out there!
