National Impaired Driving Prevention Month Highlight

The National Association of Drug Court Professionals describes the season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day as “one of the deadliest and most dangerous times on America’s roadways due to an increase in impaired driving.” This has prompted all US Presidents since 1981 to dub December as the National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month or, more recently, National Impaired Driving Prevention Month.

Different organizations have committed themselves to keep drivers sober on the road by providing resources on the risks involved in impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cites drunk driving as an epidemic that takes the lives of over 10,000 people each year. Look at some of the facts on their Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over website and remember friends don’t let friends drive drunk.