Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving

It's holiday party season - time to celebrate all of the exciting winter holidays with our friends and loved ones.  Our mailboxes are flooded with invitations to parties and dinners and other holiday get-togethers.  With these parties come food, fellowship, gifts, and in many cases, festive alcoholic drinks.


If you host a Holiday Party please have someone in charge of seeing who is leaving the party.  They need to make sure the person can drive. If not someone needs to be the safe driver. 

In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the U.S. were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes - and during the periods around Christmas and New Year's, this number was particularly high, with 316 people killed in alchol-impaired driving crashes.  In 2007, 162,493 women were arrested for a DUI, an increase of almost 29% since 1998.  You can't help but wonder if lives could have been saved if people thought twice before getting behind the wheel.  With the holidays approaching, it's important that drivers be reminded about the dangers of buzzed driving.  Who knows...it could save a life.

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. 

YOU can help us spread this message during the holiday season 

1) Post about the dangers of buzzed driving on your blog, sharing a story or experience you might have had with buzzed driving.  IF you don't have a blog post your comments here for my readers to read!

2) Follow Buzzed Driving on Twitter @buzzeddriving 

3) Follow Buzzed Driving on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/buzzeddrivingisdrunkdriving) to get the latest updates and news.  

4)You can also visit the Buzzed Driving website (http://buzzeddriving.adcouncil.org/) and 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.



5) Join us Tuesday, December 15th from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST for a sobering discussion about #BuzzedDriving on Twitter

While at holiday events, it's easy to lose track of a drink here or there - but this can be fatal.  This holiday season, keep you and your family safe by spreading this message.

Have a safe and happy holiday and remember that buzzed driving IS drunk driving.

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