When you get behind the wheel of a car while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, you better pray that God is on your side. With driving, comes responsibility. As soon as you are behind the wheel, you are no longer just responsible for yourself, but everyone else around you. You don't want to be responsible for taking a young, innocent, life because you weren't smart enough to sober up before you put those keys in the ignition. Think about it.
Every time you drive there is always a possibility that you will not be getting home. Anything can happen and all it takes is one wrong decision and you or another person will lose their life. Driving while under the influence is not a joke and is not something to be tested. Laws are put into place to protect our lives so why ignore them to be reckless? Do you really want the guilt of taking a person's life (because of your drunken stupor) on your conscience? Everyone is someone's friend, sibling, child, or parent. How would you feel if your family member was killed in an accident that could have easily been prevented? Now instead of sitting around the table for dinner, you are grieving the loss of a loved one who's life was taken too soon.
Responsibility is a key factor in driving. If you do exactly what you are supposed to it can save an innumerable amount of lives. Drugs and alcohol are substances that could potentially ruin your life without even being on the road. It can destroy your body in one dose. So if you're driving under the influence, your cognitive functions are gone and you're most likely unaware of how you are behaving behind the wheel. In the split second you deter your attention from the road and look back you could've hit a kid running into the road after his prized ball. It could've been prevented.
Most things in life can be prevented nowadays. Now, we aren't saying not to drink or have fun. But do NOT drink and drive. In 2014 alone, 9,967 people were killed in alcohol-impaired accidents. This number only reflects those who were casualties in a car crash but an average of 1.1 million people were driving under the influence of alcohol and/or narcotics. That number could've been a lot higher if people were in the wrong place at the wrong time. You know what that means? 1.1 million people in the U.S. believed that they were sober enough to drive when they, in fact, were NOT. There is no excuse for drunk driving.
Know your limit. Make smarter choices. We have lost too many children, too many teenagers and too many adults because of drunk driving. It is not fair that such innocent lives are taken by the hands of another who decided to make one choice; one very stupid choice.
The ball is in your court, what's your choice gonna be?
