It's holiday party season - and that brings many opportunities to get together. With these parties come food, fellowship, and often, festive alcoholic drinks. In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the US were killed in alcohol-impaired crashes - particularly around Christmas and New Year's In 2007, 162,493 women were arrested for a DUI, an increase of almost 29% since 1998. With alcohol-impaired crashes, it goes without saying that lives could have been saved if people thought twice before getting behind the wheel. And it's even more important for people to realize that even buzzed driving is drunk driving, and brings with it potentially lethal consequences. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) and the Ad Council are asking everyone to drive smart this holiday season and to pledge not to drive buzzed.
Want to get involved? Help spread this message to those you know. You can follow @buzzeddriving on Twitter or Facebook to get the latest updates and news. You can also visit the Buzzed Driving website where you can sign a pledge to not drive buzzed, play an interactive game which demonstrates the difference between buzzed and drunk, and hear personal stories from people who have driven buzzed.
Remember to be safe htis holiday season - and every day. If you feel even a little bit buzzed, don't drive. Pay attention to how many drinks you've had - and make sure you know who will be driving so that you don't end up with a car of all buzzed or drunk people and no one who's safe to drive.
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