December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

Since 1981, each year, by Presidential proclamation, December is observed as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. The Holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, has been, historically, one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year on our roads and highways, due to an increase in impaired driving.” Alcohol and drugs are often deemed the cause.

According to this year’s Presidential Proclamation, during National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, “we reemphasize that impaired driving is never acceptable. We recognize that we can eliminate impaired driving through our choices, and we pledge to make the right choice by driving sober.”

New Jersey’s Division of Highway Traffic Safety has a similar campaign, called Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, which this year runs from December 8 – January 1, 2018. The campaign uses highly visible enforcement to achieve its goal, using messaging to, raise awareness, promote safety and deter impaired driving. The data is alarming. The CDC cites that each day, “28 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. Moreover, drugs other than alcohol (legal and illegal) are involved in about 16% of motor vehicle crashes.”

If you or a family member have been injured in a car accident, or lost a loved one in a fatal car accident, due to the actions of a drunk driver, it is important to know your rights.

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