Tom sent me the
following from someone
who wrote from a
recent experience:
With the holidays upon us, I
would like to share a personal experience with my family and friends about
drinking and driving. As you may know,
some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to
time on the way home after a “social session” out with friends.
Well, three days ago, I was
out for an evening with friends and had several cocktails, followed by some
rather nice red wine. Feeling jolly, I
still had the sense to know that I may be over the limit. That's when I did something that I've never
done before...I took a cab home! Sure
enough, on the way home, there was a police road block, but since it was a cab,
they waved it past. I arrived home
safely without incident. This was a real
relief and surprise because I had never driven a cab before. I don't even know where I got it...and now
that it's in my garage, I don't know what to do with it!!!
Ten Facts about
Drinking and Driving
Impairment is not reliant upon
the type of alcohol you consume ~ rather, the number of drinks over a certain
amount of time.
On average, a drunk driver will
drive 80 times “under the influence” before his/her first arrest.
Every 53 minutes in America, a life
is lost in a drunk driving crash...that equates to 27 people a day.
For drivers under 21, the U.S. has a “No Tolerance”
policy which does not allow any alcohol to be in the blood system while behind
the wheel driving.
Every 90 seconds, someone is injured
from a drunk driving incident.
In 2011 ~ 9,878 people were victims of drunk drivers.
Between 50 and 75% of the people
who have had their licences revoked due to DUI drive illegally without their
licences.
Traffic accidents are the leading
causes in deaths of teens and roughly one-third of these accidents are due to
alcohol or other substance.
211 children were killed in drunk
driving crashes...62% were riding in the car of the impaired driver.
Kids and teens who get involved
at a young age, are more likely to be involved with alcohol-related accidents.
Common Driving Behaviours: Road Rage...Racing...Tailgating...Failure to
observe signs and regulations...Seeking confrontations with other
drivers...Speeding often a factor in fatal crashes!
Aggressive drivers
are an extremely serious risk
that jeopardizes
their safety and that of others.
Drinking and
Driving
There are stupider
things, but it's a very short list.
(Author Unknown)
Baseball is
like Driving
It's the one who
gets home safely...that counts!
(Tommy Lasorda)
It takes 8,460
bolts to assemble an automobile;
it takes one nut to scatter it all over the road.
(Seen on a bumper
sticker)
Honk if you
love Jesus!
Text while
driving...if you want to meet Him.
(Seen on a church
sign)
Compiled by Merle
Baird-Kerr...December 29, 2013
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