Sobering stats on driving drunkPeter DeMarco
DRUNK driving statistics for April 12-16, the five days of Songkran celebration, show that there were more violations this year than last year despite the measure “drunk don’t drive – face arrest and vehicle will be seized” during the seven dangerous days,Thai News Agency said today(April...
But the reality is that while drunk driving fatalities on the nation’s highways have decreased dramatically in the past 30 years or so – by half, in fact – there are still too many people dying on the roads, completely needlessly. So, in our attempt at a little public service, here ...
A partnership with MADD made people rethink driving drunk. Thanks to the wide availability of Uber in most cities around the globe, people have the option to call a safe ride home rather than get behind the wheel of a vehicle and harm themselves and others. Many people already count on the...
Of course, when we speak about car accidents, alcohol should be mentioned. Its role in countless car crashes is long proven, and laws to prevent drunk driving are already in place as well as a general culture of no-tolerance. However, it still remains one of the mostsignificant causesof ...
Utah has strict drunk driving laws—a blood alcohol content of 0.05% is considered “under the influence.” You will be arrested and charged with a crime if you are driving while under the influence. Remember, Salt Lake is at a high elevation and alcohol may affect you more strongly at th...
asleep with your shoes on and waking up with a headache are surely correlated. But “drinking heavily” is the driving force behind both results; both variables (falling asleep with your shoes on; waking up with a headache) are a result of being drunk, and neither variable causes the other...
Getting into his history of fighting, drunk driving, and manslaughter—he served two years in prison after pleading guilty to the accidental shooting of his chauffeur in 2002—would take far too long. So let's just say he's terrible and move on to January 2010, in which Williams was final...
The question about certain things come up and the debate becomes, "Is that a sport or not?" Well, it's time to settle these debates once and for all. There are three criteria to be considered a sport. Here is the dictionary definition of sport: An activity involving physical exertion ...
and to convicted drunken drivers. She spoke this year at the national conference of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Perhaps most importantly, she’s talks about it at school, to teens, to anybody her age who will listen. She believes talking about it prevents more accidents and helps her heal...