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Drunk Driving is a sure fire way to ruin any holiday. Labor Day weekend beckons with promises of relaxation, gatherings, and festivities. However, amidst the celebration, a dangerous threat looms—drunk driving. Let’s delve into the alarming data regarding drunk driving during Labor Day weekend, explore ways to avoid driving under the influence, and discover a…
Ride Share Companies (2022) This holiday season (and any other occasion!), please don’t drink and drive. It’s great to have fun, and It’s easy to think you are under the limit of intoxication, but far too many times people underestimate how much alcohol they have drank and how impaired they actually are. There are so…
If there was ever a time to think traffic fatalities should decrease, it would be during a global pandemic where most people are staying home and driving less. Unfortunately, that was not the case for 2019-2021. In fact, traffic fatalities increased almost 19%. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety…
It’s hard to believe that it has been one full century or 100 years since prohibition began. And the fabulous roaring twenties. I loved the fashion then. It’s been 102 years since World War I ended in 1918. Prohibition law in the United States began in 1920 and lasted until 1933. 13 years is a…
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has been stepping up enforcement of the Move Over/Slow Down Law through Operation CARE (Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort). This provides law enforcement with information, training and a forum for discussing roadway safety issues. These issues include the improvement of public safety on our roads and highways. In 1978,…
What do you want for Christmas? If it’s bail money, then maybe this blog is a little too late for you. But maybe it’s not too late for everyone else. Most people don’t drink and drive anymore. And why would you, with so many inexpensive rideshare services available now? But what about the open container…
With the holidays right around the corner, hopefully you have plenty of parties and family gatherings to attend. Taking a ride share is your best bet, as you know. But what if you leave an office party and you happen to have your car with you? Or perhaps you thought it would be a great…
Well, dang it, Sunday was the last day of National Drowsy Driving Awareness and Prevention Week and I must have slept right through it. The National Safety Council set November 3-10 as a week to remind drivers that drowsy driving is impaired driving. And, even if you survive a crash, there are some pretty stiff…
I was curious if “intextication” was just a made-up word or if it was a real thing. So I looked it up on the ever so reliable Wikipedia site (haha) in their “wiktionary” and there it was! It means “distraction by text messaging while driving.” The definition from Techopedia says it is “a term coined…
A new law has passed in Texas that you must be 21 years of age to purchase or possess tobacco products (unless you are military). And if caught, that will get you a “minor in possession” (as it would if you were caught with drugs or alcohol because nicotine is a drug). This follows New…