
| You can choose to NOT drink and drive |
| Raising Awareness about the impacts of drinking and driving |
| Did you know...? A 12-ounce can of beer, a five-ounce glass of wine, a 12-ounce wine cooler and an ounce and a half of liquor contain the same amount of alcohol. Here are some numbers to ponder this holiday: 430: Number of U.S. fatalities expected between this Christmas and New Year's involving drunken or impaired drivers. (National Highway Transportation Safety Administration) 54: Average number of people killed in drunken driving crashes during the New Year's holiday compared to 36 during other times of the year. (USDOT for 2000-2005) 13,470: Traffic fatalities in the U.S. in 2006 involving at least one driver or motorcycle operator who was legally intoxicated. (Fatality Analysis Reporting System) 159 million: Estimated number of vehicle trips where the driver is impaired (Insurance Institute) 33: Estimated percentage of drunken driving arrests nationally involving repeat offenders. (NHTSA) 17: Percentage of drivers who admitted operating a vehicle after drinking in 2006 (National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.) 31: Minutes every day when someone is killed in alcohol-related crashes. Nonfatal injuries from drunken driving occur every two minutes. (NHTSA 2006). |