By Zane T. Cagle | February 1, 2019 | Car Accidents, Drunk Driving, Featured, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
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Ok, so if you’re not going to Atlanta, chances are you are attending a Super Bowl party near your home. There will be many! By and large, the Super Bowl is one of the highest watched sporting events in the United States. In fact, Monday morning water cooler conversations are talk about the big plays and, of course, the best commercials. Advertisers spend months developing their commercials for that Sunday afternoon game. You could say it’s a big deal for many sports fans.
Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest drinking days of the year. DUI’s spike and many law enforcement organizations will set up DUI checkpoints. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2012, 21 percent of fatal crashes nationwide involved drivers with BACs of .08 percent or higher. Ride share companies such as Uber and Lyft can greatly decrease the incidents of drunk driving. As well, calling a cab or flagging a cab is still a very reliable way to avoid drunk driving.
The thing is, we want everyone of you to make it to work on Monday morning or whatever your Monday plan is! We don’t want anyone missing their Monday plans (whether it’s work or sleeping off a hangover) due to a motor vehicle crash. Statistically, Super Bowl weekend produces more drunk drivers and thus more drunk driving motor vehicle accidents.
How can we do away with drunk driving crashes? We can do away with these needless drunk driving crashes easily—plan ahead. I’ve been to many, many Super Bowl parties, so let’s not pretend that you haven’t already thought about the drinks and great foods you will want to eat during the game. If you’re going to a friend’s house, a bar, or having a gathering at your house; make safe transportation plans. Assume that everyone is going to be drinking and plan accordingly.
The only person you can 100% control is yourself. Only you can make sure that you have a plan so you do not make stupid decisions. From experience, I know that making a plan after you are drunk is usually a terrible plan simply because we don’t use good judgment while we are drinking. It’s one thing to make a decision to do or say something personally embarrassing and quite another to injure or kill others with you bad decision. Be sure the only bad choice you make results in how bad your hangover is or how bad your living room is trashed, but don’t suffer the bad choice by waking up in a hospital or jail.
If you are injured in a motor vehicle accident, you will need legal advice. Our attorneys are available seven days a week. So before you start talking to insurance companies and “oversharing”, give us a call. We would much rather you have good information to base your decisions.
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