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Prevention Action Alliance
December is National Impaired Driving
Prevention Month
Every day, 29 people in the U.S. die in motor vehicle crashes that
involve an alcohol-impaired driver, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Annually, alcohol-related crashes costs
the country more than $44 billion.
To recognize the importance of preventing impaired driving deaths, the
U.S. government recognizes December as National Impaired Driving
Prevention Month.
The National Traffic Safety Board paid homage to National Impaired
Driving Prevention Month with a special edition of its "Most Wanted
List of Transportation Safety Improvements." In it, they point out that
an estimated 14 percent of drivers with a blood alcohol concentration
close to or over the legal limit and 4.6 percent drove within an hour
of using marijuana.
"Certain countermeasures have been shown to reduce the rate of
alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes," the publication
said, "including stronger impaired driving laws and increased use of
high-visibility enforcement, such as sobriety checkpoints."
"Ultimately, advocacy groups, industry, and the public need to work
together to increase awareness of drug and alcohol impairment and its
effects on safe driving," the publication concludes.
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