By the third month of 2009 there had already been over 2,500 deaths caused by drunk driving. The numbers are overwhelming and even scarier is the fact that these numbers that you see below will keep increasing by the minute.

Drunk driving related deaths are so often that in US each day someone is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes. When you are playing a game of pool with your buddies at the bar and waiting for your next drink, there lies someone dead and the reason being alcohol. We are not against alcohol as you can tell. We run a site that talks about alcohol and we are all for it. But when cause of celebration becomes the reason for mourning over someone’s death it’s time to take control. We just wanted to do a short post and a video to talk about drunk driving today.

 Here are a few quick facts related to drunk driving :

1. On average, someone is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes in US
2. Each day 36 people die and almost 700 more are injured in vehicle crashes that involve a drunk driver
3. The total cost of alcohol related crashes is roughly $51 billion
4. In 2006, out of 1,746 fatality that included children one out of six was killed by an alcohol impaired driver
5. Half of all teenage fatalities is due to drunk driving
6. About 30 % of Americans are involved in an alcohol related crash sometimes in their lifetime
7. In 2007 alcohol related fatalities were 15,387 which is 37% of all fatalities. Alcohol related fatalities are down by 27% as compared to 1982.
8. Top 5 states with highest number of alcohol related fatalities are Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
9. About 81% of all drunk drivers are male drivers
10. As you read this article most probably the number of deaths caused by drunk driving has already changed

Deaths Caused By Alcohol (most of these are due to drunk driving)

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As you can see from the data above, alcohol related fatalities are lower than what it has been in the past. In 2007, alcohol related fatalities were 15,387. Although the numbers might seems lower we need to keep in mind that these aren’t mere numbers, these numbers represent people. Drunk drivers continue to take their own lives and others as well. Here is what a drunk driver had to say in regards to drunk driving,

My friends and I were at a party. After having only 2 drinks each, we decided to go home. No one was designated to drive, and we got careless on the road. Alcohol debilitated my reaction time. I was driving. I hit another car coming directly at us after crossing over the center line. I killed two people that night – one of them a friend in my car… it is something I will never forget and it will always haunt me.

We are not here to advice anyone or tell anyone what to do. We all make mistakes but some mistakes are too costly especially when you know the right answer from wrong.

We put together a short video for you to watch which includes images of a few drunk driving crashes. We sure do hope that we have contributed in some ways to make you think twice before you decide to drive yet again after getting drunk.

Take a moment and scroll to look at the death counter on the front page of this website, and you might see the number of deaths related to drunk driving has changed. If it hasn’t someone just made a wise decision and decided not to drive while impaired by alcohol and if the numbers have changed, another life has been lost to drunk driving.

If you are driving drunk you are not driving towards your destination. You are chasing death and it is right around the corner.

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