Don’t Drink and Drive

Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless lives.  Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or  someone else into. The evidence against driving while intoxicated is massive and it has left a  long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive, not only do you possibly put  yourself at risk, but your passengers and pedestrians, and other people on the roads. According to  the most recent statistics by the National Commission Against Drunk Driving is that 17, 000  Americans die each year in alcohol related traffic crashes and 600,000 Americans are injured.  That’s an average of one death every thirty minutes. Just think about that. Every thirty minutes  someone’s life is cut short and families are devastated.

These victims could easily be your  friends, relatives, or classmates. The majority of the injuries related to the alcohol related crashes  are not just cuts and bruises. People get paralyzed, severely disfigured, or lose the ability to live a  normal life, work, or play with their children and now rely heavily on the aid of others.   When you drive drunk it doesn’t affect only you, it can also affect other innocent drivers  and their families. When people drink and drive their judgment is clouded. They don’t think  about how their actions will affect the people around them.