This holiday season, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) partnered with the Acadiana Transportation Safety Coalition (ATSC) to share a message about the dangers of drunk driving.
NHTSA and ATSC hope all drivers remember this life-saving message. A driver will see cops working together to keep drunk drivers off the road from Dec. 16, 2022 to he Jan. 1, 2023.
According to NHTSA, 11,654 people died in car accidents involving alcoholic drivers in 2020. On average, from 2016 to 2020, he has more than 10,000 deaths each year, and in 2020 he will die in a drunk driving accident every 45 minutes.
That’s why ATSC is working with NHTSA to remind drivers that drunk driving is not only illegal, it’s a matter of life and death. When heading to holiday festivities, remember: keep calm and drive or pull.
ATSC Safety Coordinator Ron Czajkowski said:
“New Year’s Eve is a special time of the year for many people and we want members of our community to enjoy this time of year. It takes a commitment from drivers to keep out traffic, and this enforcement period can help spread the message that drunk driving is illegal and is killing people. help me,” he said.
ATSC and NHTSA are reminding citizens of the many resources available to help them get home safely.
“Drunk driving is unacceptable,” said Tchaikovsky. “It’s imperative to stay calm and make a plan to get home before you go out to the party. There are too many resources to get you home safely. There’s no excuse for drunk driving,” he said.
understand the risks
Nationally, it is illegal to drive with a BAC of 0.08 or higher, except in Utah, where the limit is 0.05 g/dL. Also, the costs can be financial. If you are caught drunk driving, you could face jail time, lose your driver’s license and car, and pay up to $10,000 in attorney fees, fines, insurance rate increases, and lost wages. .
Czajkowski recommends safer alternatives to drunk driving:
· Never drink and drive. Designate a sober driver or plan to use a ride-hailing service, or call a taxi or a sober friend to get home safely, even if he’s only had one alcoholic drink please.
· If you see a drunk driver on the street, call 911 or your local law enforcement emergency services number.
・Do you have friends who are likely to drink and drive? Arrange to take away the keys and get your friends home safely.
See www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving for more information on Drive Sober or Get Pull Over enforcement periods.
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