Happy Friday

     Please be safe this Holiday Weekend. No drinking and driving. Someone is always willing to drive you, you just need to ask. Why would you want to risk hurting someone or yourself. I'm also including an article to hopefully help save someone's life. You don't have to like what I say, but please remember someone is waiting for you to come home safe. You only die once but you live everyday so make them days longer with those who care about you. You can call a cab or even the cops they will find you a way to get home safe. Cops are not the bad guys they are there for the community. To keep it safe for others and you. Just think before you ack it could save a life. Have fun this 4th of July hang with family and friends. Enjoy America and all that it stands for what we all stand for. The land of the free because of the brave.  

  1. Impairment is not reliant upon the type of alcohol consumed, rather the number of drinks over a certain period of time. Despite myths and misconceptions, coffee, a cold shower, or exercise will not make a person more sober; only time will.[1]
  2. On average, a drunk driver will drive 80 times under the influence before their first arrest.[2]
  3. Every 51 minutes in America, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash. That equates to 27 people every day. Offer to be your parents’ designated driver to ensure that everybody gets home safe. Sign up for Parents Ride Shotty.[3]
  4. For drivers under 21, the U.S. has a No Tolerance policy that does not allow any alcohol to be in the blood system while behind the wheel. The consequences could include expensive fines, loss of license or jail.[4]
  5. Someone is injured in a drunk driving incident every 120 seconds.[5]
  6. In 2011, 9,878 people were victims of drunk drivers.[6]
  7. Between 50 to 75% of the people who have had their licenses revoked due to driving under the influence drive illegally without their license.[7]
  8. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens, and roughly 1/3 of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance.[8]
  9. Since the early 1980s, alcohol-related traffic deaths per population have been cut in half with the greatest proportional declines among persons 16-20 years old.[9]
  10. In 2010, of the fatalities among children ages 14 and younger, 17 percent occurred in alcohol impaired-driving crashes.[10]
  11. Kids and teens who get involved with alcohol at a young age are 7 times more likely to be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lives.[11]

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