Sixty-two people were arrested for DUI by our deputies last month, but that’s more than 62 lives affected. Think of each one of these people’s victims (if they were involved in a crash) and those victims’ families; think of these suspects’ own family members, who now have to make decisions on how to deal with the arrest not just financially, but emotionally.
Some of them may have even lost their jobs – an entire family’s income is now affected.When you make the choice to drink or do drugs, and then get behind the wheel of a vehicle, you’re taking advantage of, and hurting, so many other people. So if you can’t make the decision to drive sober for your own reasons, how about thinking of others?
Please drive safely, and sober, this holiday season. It would be great if we could all do that the rest of the year too. Be safe, everyone.