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Drunk driving in this country has been called an epidemic out of control, a national outrage and our country's most socially acceptable violent crime. Unless our Lives are touched directly by the tragedy of drunk driving, we usually choose not to get involved in the issue... to our legislators, to the police and to the victims or those they leave behind. Indirectly, everyone is affected. Drunk driving strains valuable law enforcement resources that could be used to help control other violent crimes. And it costs Americans nearly billion each year. The chances of being in a drunk driving accident are greater than you probably realize. Studies show that one out of every two people in this country will be involved in an alcohol-related auto crash in his or her lifetime.
OTHER STATISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH DRINKING ANF DRIVING ARE EQUALLY ALARMING:
Since 1973, four times as many Americans died in drunk driving crashes as were killed in Vietnam. Nearly 1,000,000 more are maimed or seriously injured EACH YEAR.
One out of every 100 babies born today will die in a crash with a drunk driver. Drunk driving is the leading cause of death for teenagers. Police estimate that as many as 1 in 10 drivers on your roads each weekend is legally intoxicated. Half of the fatalities in New York state involved intoxicated drivers and pedestrians. With increased Blood Alcohol Content (BAC), crash risk increases sharply. A driver with a BAC of 0.08 is four times as likely to cause an accident as a driver who has not been drinking, while a driver with a BAC of 0.16 is 25 times as likely to do so. Young drinking drivers are the highest risk of all. Drivers 20 years old or younger are almost four and one-haft times more likely to be involved in alcohol-related fatal crashes than other drivers. Don't Drive Drunk!The problem drinker---whether that drinker be you, a member of your family, a friend must be removed from our highways. Social drinkers should also be warned that if they drive drunk they will get caught and punished...if they don't become another statistic. Join Professional Insurance Agents Association in its efforts to help regain sober control of our highways.
Jellison-Hart Insurance Agency, Inc For All Your Insurance
Independent Insurance Agent - Since 1965
Give us a call at (800) 466-7051 or (716) 937-7003 Fax: (716) 937-3233
We're open Monday - Friday - from: 8:30am. - 4:30pm. In Western New York
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