Experts Recommend Spending The Holidays At Home

Experts Recommend Spending The Holidays At Home.
The sabbatical mellow is one of the most dangerous times of the year on US roads. Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, as many as 900 nation nationwide could die in crashes caused by drunk driving, safeness officials report. "We've made tremendous strides in changing the social norms associated with drinking and driving, but the tough nut to crack is far from solved," Jonathan Adkins, deputy executive director for the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) said in an joining news release.

And "Alcohol-impaired driving claimed 10,322 lives end year, an increase of 4,6 percent compared with 2011. That's an alarming statistic and one we're committed to address". The GHSA and its members - which subsume all 50 delineate highway safety offices - are joining federal and stage police to launch the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over program. The dynamism combines high-visibility law enforcement with advertising and grassroots efforts to detect and intimidate drunk driving.