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THP Announces July 4th Weekend Crackdown on Drunk Drivers
The Tennessee Highway Patrol announced today that State Troopers will be out in full force during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, cracking down on drunk drivers with an aggressive Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest enforcement blitz. To ensure motorists are obeying the law, the THP will conduct sobriety and driver license checkpoints across the state in an effort to reduce fatalities and serious injury crashes. The 2010 July 4th, 78-hour Holiday period begins at 6:00 p.m., Friday, July 2, and will end at 11:59 p.m., Monday, July 5.
“It doesn’t matter if you’ve only had one drink; it’s not worth the risk,” said Department of Safety Commissioner Dave Mitchell. “Buzzed driving is drunk driving. No matter your age; if you plan on drinking, you’d better find a safe and sober ride home or your chances of arrest are high.”
I’m one of those people who doesn’t drink. I use to, and I use to do some really stupid things, like getting behind the wheel of my car after a night on the town. Looking back, I can only thank God, because it sure wasn’t my skill as a driver that kept me alive, or kept me from killing someone else.
There is something I’ve learned through the years…..getting behind the wheel of a car when drunk is no accident. Since it’s not an accident, getting in a wreck, killing another human being is no accident either! If you make the choice to drink and drive, you are making a choice to possibly kill someone, not just ending one life, but the lives of the family of your victim! Not all wrecks result in death. Some victims end up in comas, wheelchairs, brain damaged, etc. You may walk away without a physical scratch, but unless you are totally soulless, the scars will last for a lifetime.
Do you really want to make THAT choice?
