Although there is a national awareness of the dangers of drunk driving thanks to organizations such as M.A.D.D. (Mothers against Drunk Driving) it is still at unfortunate epidemic levels across the country and the result is often death for innocent victims.
This is certainly true on Houston area roads. Let us consider some of the recent incidences of drunk driving in this city.
According to one source, Harris County has THE highest rates of drunk driving fatalities among similar counties across the United States!
The source goes on to say that sixty percent of traffic fatalities in the Houston area are alcohol related.
Horrific results of drunk driving in recent months include the death of a housewife and mother who was forced off a highway overpass and the loss of a volunteer fireman's legs in an accident that occurred in a parking lot. Both of these incidences occurred because people still get behind the wheel of their vehicle drunk.
Driving while intoxicated turns cars and trucks into death machines. While it is one thing to gamble with your own life - more often than not the drunk driver takes innocent victims out with him or her.
With all the media attention surrounding the issue of drunk driving it is no less than mind boggling that it still happens on a daily basis - and the sad reality that people die because of it.
Greg Baumgartner is an injury attorney in Houston and has been handling injury and wrongful death cases stemming from drunk drivers for over 20 years. If you'd like to speak with a Houston drunk driving injury attorney, contact the Baumgartner law firm.
source: http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/houston-plagued-by-drunk.html
