The Dangers Of Drunk Driving

In 1999 a young woman was driving home from a birthday party when she was struck by an 18 year old High School student, Reggie Stephi who had been out drinking beer with his buddies. That woman is know by the name Jacqueline Saburido. Jacqueline was in a car with some friends when their vehicle was struck by Reggie's. Jacqueline was pinned in the passenger seat in the front of the vehicle. Within a few minutes the car caught fire and Jacqueline was burned on over 60% of her body. Jacqueline, who is from Venezuela, came to the United States to study English.Two of Jacquelines friends, Laura Guerrero and Natalia Chpytchak Bennett were killed in this accident. Jacquelines's hands were so badly burned that she lost the use of them. She also lost her hair, her left eyelid along with much of her vision, her nose and both of her ears. Jacqueline has been through more than forty operations and is not done yet.Jacqueline and her father now live in Kentucky where she undergoes skin grafts and specialists are working to rebuild her right hand. She has also been able to resume her studies."
Although alcohol-related traffic deaths have been on the decline in recent years, the belief of highway deaths due to alcohol impaired drivers is so predictable each holiday period that many state highway patrol departments issue highway fatal accident "projections" each year that will turn out to be accurate.A driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.10 or greater is seven times more likely to be involved in a fatal motor vehicle crash than is a driver who has not consumed alcoholic beverages, and a driver with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or greater is about 25 times more likely.Basically, the more you drink the more likely you are to have an accident, and a fatal one. The same applies for the likelihood of having any vehicle accident, fatal or otherwise.
DON’T drink drive and risk other people’s safety.