While under age drunk driving is a serious problem it should
not undermine the severity of drunk driving as a whole. Drivers on an overall
scale need to learn the importance of avoid drinking and driving
because they just don’t mix well together, and just like Hurricane Sandy the
combination can cause widespread devastation.
Recognizing Your Limits
One of the most important things drivers need to learn is
recognizing when they are too drunk to drive. My cousin used to tell me he
could drive better when he was drinking because he knew he had to be more
cognizant of what he was doing. I told him he would find out one day just how
wrong he was, and unfortunately he did one night when he was driving home and
ran his far off the road into a ditch! Fortunately he wasn’t seriously injured,
but he lost his license for a year and not only paid a huge fine for the
offense but also to get his license back. When I visited him after the
accident, the first thing he said to me was, “Please don’t say, ‘I told you
so.’”
Making the Right
Choice
Driving while drunk is a poor decision on the part of any
driver no matter what age. There are a number of problems a driver can
encounter when making this choice up to and including the following:
- Being the cause of an accident that usually involves death or serious injury to the driver of the car or those in another vehicle (or even innocent pedestrians)
- Loss of your driver’s license which in some cases can also mean reduction of earning capability
- Increase in insurance rates when you get your license back
- High fines for both the violation itself and to get your license back later
- In addition to injuring others in an accident you also run the potential of harming yourself if you drink and drive
For more information on what you might face when you drink
and drive view our website at Legal-Yogi .
No One is Exempt from
the Law
Unfortunately many people seem to believe they are exempt
from the drunk driving laws. This is not something they express in words but
rather by their actions. A person who drinks and drives is clearly not in
command of himself and in essence is telling others he believes he is more
capable of driving than the law indicates he is; if he did not believe this (at
least sub-consciously) he would not get behind the wheel of a car when he has
obviously had too much to drink to think clearly and act rationally.
