It is a fact that whenever anyone gets behind the wheel of a vehicle, he or she is responsible for a potential of major destruction, to others or themselves.<\/p>\n
This is something that is clearly underappreciated. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s latest numbers show pedestrians injured in motor vehicle accidents were up 19 percent from a year ago.<\/p>\n
Of course, drinking alcohol plays are large part in many wrecks. The NHTSA reports 48 percent of all accidents involved drunk drivers or pedestrians. Residents of the Lone Star State have long reveled in bragging that everything is bigger in Texas, but that unfortunately is also the case when it comes to drunk-driving deaths. Texas leads the country in this dubious category, averaging about 1,000 a year.<\/p>\n
Small wonder why the Texas Department of Transportation recently launched “The Faces of Drunk Driving”, detailing the dangers of driving to the public.<\/p>\n