| The holiday season is considered to be one of the | | | | take turns among your group of friends. |
| most hectic times for police and traffic | | | | - If you are a worried about the safety of your |
| departments due to the significant increase in | | | | friends, you could also carry a small alcohol test |
| impaired or drunk driving. According to the National | | | | with you that can be used on the spot to |
| Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), | | | | determine whether someone is fit for driving or |
| there are more than 1000 people in America who | | | | not. The alcohol tests that you can buy over the |
| are killed across the country in highway crashes | | | | counter or online are non-invasive and easy to |
| between Thanksgiving and New Year. Despite the | | | | use. While some alcohol tests are breath |
| various campaigns that have been run by parents, | | | | analyzers, other may require a saliva sample. |
| social workers, activists and police departments, | | | | - If you want to help in keeping the roads safe |
| alcohol abuse and drunk driving do not seem to | | | | for yourself and your loved ones, call in the local |
| reduce among teenagers and adults. While there | | | | law enforcement authorities and let them know |
| are some who are aware of the dangerous | | | | where a dangerous car that you've spotted was |
| consequences and abstain from driving when | | | | headed. Drunk driving is not only harmful for |
| drunk, guards seem generally down during the | | | | those driving the car but also for innocent |
| festive season between Thanksgiving and New | | | | pedestrians and other vehicle drivers on the road. |
| Year. | | | | - If you feel that someone is about to drive |
| Here are some tips that can help you stop drunk | | | | home and you feel that they are drunk try and |
| driving around you during the holiday season. | | | | convince them to take some form of local/public |
| - Have a word with your teenagers and explain to | | | | transport. Use an easy to use alcohol drug test |
| them that drinking and driving shall not be | | | | like a breath analyzer to help prove to them that |
| tolerated. Make sure that you purchase an alcohol | | | | they are not fit for driving. |
| test that can be used at home and convey the | | | | Many lives can be saved if we are only careful |
| message loud and clear to them. | | | | about the kind of danger that happens on the |
| - If you are hosting a party, then you should set | | | | roads when people drink and drive. This kind of |
| the rules about alcohol abuse and driving when | | | | alcohol abuse can only stop if we are conscious |
| drunk upfront. If you feel that most of your | | | | and aware of the devastation such incidents can |
| guests are likely to drink through the night, make | | | | cause in the lives of people. The use of alcohol |
| some provision for sleepovers. | | | | tests to ascertain drunk drivers should be |
| - The other thing to do is to designate drivers in | | | | encouraged so that the law can be upheld and |
| your group. You'll probably have more than one | | | | enforced properly. |
| party this holiday season and you can always | | | | |