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1. The Harmful Effects Of Drinking And Driving

2. Drinking and driving is a very serious and dangerous problem. Many people
every year are killed or injured because of drunk drivers, and most of the people
that are killed are innocent bystanders. When a person’s blood alcohol content
is over the legal limit he becomes much more impaired and are at a higher risk
at hurting themselves or others.

3. The more you drink, the more likely you are to have
an accident

4. Alcohol slows you down
Alcohol affects your body’s responses. It slows down your brain which
means you are more likely to have an accident.
Drinking alcohol can:
affect our judgment and reasoning
slow down our reactions
upset our sense of balance and coordination
impair our vision and hearing
make us lose concentration and feel drowsy.

5. Risk population
Are we all facing the same risk for driving under the influence of
alcohol? Is there a difference? Who is most likely to consume alcohol
and drive? The statistics say that the population with the highest risk of
drunk driving is the following:

6. Risk population
Male drivers between 22-45 years old who are responsible for almost 50
percent of all drunk driving crashes;
People with drinking problems or chronic drunk drivers; some statistics
estimate that one of seven adults has a drinking problem and so he is a
potential drunk driver;
Teenage drinkers who are inexperienced drivers as well as drinkers;
Drinking and drive convictions who are most likely to repeat their behavior and
make an accident.

7. Consequences
You are an experienced driver and you have been driving several times while
impaired and nothing bad has happened. Probably that makes you think
nothing bad will ever happen. You are wrong. Just take a look to the following
possible consequences and maybe this will convince you not do step in you
car after a glass wine. Driving drunk can lead to terrible accidents such as:

8. Consequences
Killing someone else
Losing your own life
Imprisonment
Criminal records
Living with guilt that you injured or caused an accident; depression

9. If you have been injured in a drunk driver accident, you have rights. Our lawyers
can determine if you are able to file a personal injury or wrongful death claim
against the negligent driver to obtain compensation for medical bills, lost wages
and future losses, property damage or for your pain and suffering. Click HERE