Celebrate Smart for America’s Birthday According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the 4th of July is one of the “deadliest holidays of the year due to drunk-driving crashes.” Over the course of 4 years (2016-2020), there were 1,390 motorists killed in traffic-related accidents in the United States. Devastatingly, over 40% of […]
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End the Scary Statistics for Halloween Drunk Driving Halloween falls on Sunday, October 31, 2021. With the holiday falling on a weekend, the potential for dangerous roads increases substantially. More adults may decide to celebrate Saturday night extending the chance that you could be involved in a fatal accident over the holiday weekend. According
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The Dangers of Drinking and Driving During the Labor Day Holiday According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), during the 2019 Labor Day holiday period 38% of fatal traffic accidents involved a drunk driver. This year NHTSA is partnering with local law enforcement throughout the country for the Drive Sober or Get
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Avoiding the Statistics This Independence Day July 4th is quickly approaching and this year is shaping up to look vastly different than last. Most of the country is reopened and things resuming some sort of normalcy. People will be flocking to the beach, backyard pool parties, and nighttime festivities. Tragically, Independence Day also marks
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Which States Have the Strictest Penalties for Drunk Driving? According to a study conducted by the financial website WalletHub, penalties for driving under the influence widely vary throughout the country. Some states have extensive lookback periods for repeat offenders (Texas has a lifetime lookback and Alaska is 15 years), and some states have minimum
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Why Drinking and Driving Is So Dangerous According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), over 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes in the United States. That means 28 people die each year and a person dies every 52 minutes in alcohol-related traffic accidents. Few people realize how even a
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How Even Small Amounts of Alcohol Can Shorten Your Expected Life Span A study discussed in CNN Health notes that consuming just seven drinks per week can lower your life expectancy. According to the article, drinking “more than 100 grams of alcohol per week” can increase your risk of death from all causes. The
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In an Effort to Reduce Impaired Driving, SADD Awarded $270k Grant The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has announced that Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) will receive a $270,869 grant. Thousands of people are killed each year by drunk drivers. SADD helps to increase awareness among young adults about the dangers of
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CDC Data on Alcohol-Attributable Deaths According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2011 and 2015 there were 93.296 alcohol-attributable deaths each year. Alcohol use continues to be a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. While California had the highest number of alcohol-attributable deaths, New Mexico had the
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2020 Facts About Labor Day Drinking from the National Safety Council According to the National Safety Council (NSC), traffic-related death totals for Labor Day could be as high as 390 people this year. The Labor Day holiday this year extends from 6:00 pm on Friday, September 4, to 11:59 pm on Monday, September 7.
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