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What’s going on, people? You were alerted. Before St. Patrick’s Day announcements went out proclaiming that police departments everywhere were cracking down in drunk drivers. Patrols would be out looking for anyone who showed signs of impairment. Enforcement was massive and coordinated: DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols, and other types of enhanced enforcement helped round up drivers …
As it is now, so it has always been: the holidays are a dangerous time of year on the roads. People were always aware of it, though, as evidenced by this PSA by the National Foundation for Highway Safety, a Connecticut-based group that seems to have disappeared or been absorbed into another body. (Hat tip …
Tipsy Tow. Those are the words you need to know this Sunday night. If you’ve been partying – or if your driver has been partying, call the AAA help number and ask for a Tipsy Tow. A tow truck and driver will pick you up – and pick up your vehicle – and deposit you …
It’s that time of year. You’ve probably been planning to attend a few holiday parties. Maybe you’ve downed some egg nog at a gathering or two already. But guess what? Your teens are partying too. And while they like to party hard, they’re not the most careful planners around, particularly when it comes to matters …
It’s a strange little holiday. It commemorates nothing. There’s no mention of it in the news, and no stores have sales in its honor. No one ever wishes anyone happy returns of this particular day. Yet a great deal of alcohol gets drunk – and a great deal of people get drunk – on this …
It’s not as if there’s any shortage of ads, tweets, Facebook ads, PSAs, drink coasters, little printed messages on beer caddies, whatever. Everyone in Arizona knows they aren’t supposed to drink and drive anytime, including Halloween. But last year they did it. They put on their their Jack Sparrow or Batman costumes, and they downed …
No, the National Safety Council did not issue a report advising people to hide under a rock this weekend. But it did announce a trend that might make Labor Day 2016 the most dangerous one yet on the nation’s roads. The Council has discovered a worrying upward trend in road fatalities: up 9% from last …
Three of years ago the National Safety Council named July 4th the most dangerous holiday of the year. Alcohol is a big part of that: traffic deaths number in the hundreds, injuries approaching 50,000, and half of the crashes involve drinking. Of course, fireworks also account for some injuries. How many drunk drivers will be out …
