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Play it Safe! Avoid Drinking and Driving on St. Patrick's Day

Here are some eye-opening statistics from around the nation focusing on Drunk Driving and St. Patty's Day:

  • University of Pennsylvania research points out that on "drinking holidays" like St. Patrick's Day, all drivers have a 23 percent increased likelihood of being injured or killed by a driver who is impaired by alcohol.

  • The Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety stated that there were at least 128 arrests for DUI since the statewide St. Patrick's Day DUI Task Force started last Friday 3/13/2009.

  • According to the Michigan DUI watch group "DUI Checkpoints & Crime on the Road"- last year, there were 20 fatal traffic crashes during the week surrounding St. Patrick’s Day, killing 21 people. Eight of those crashes were alcohol-related.

  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claimed that over the past five years, 851 people died in motor vehicle crashes during the St. Patrick's Day holiday. 327 of those people were killed in accidents that involved a drunk driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher.


Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) wishes you a safe St. Patrick's Day!

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