It’s Christmas Eve – so plenty of us will be gearing up to participate in our annual Christmas celebrations. We might be going round to visit our friends at their home, or visiting the local pubs for a Christmas gathering; or the party goers out there might be heading to a nightclub in their local city centre. Whatever way you choose to celebrate Christmas it is important that you do so safely, because the last thing you or your family want is any injuries to occur this year.
Every year the government launch their anti-drink drive campaign to persuade drivers not to consider getting behind the wheel of a vehicle when drunk. It is advised that you plan ahead this year and make sure you have arranged how you are going to make your way home from your celebrations. Lots of pubs across Britain have teamed up with Coca-Cola and are offering the designated driver of a vehicle two-for-one offers on soft drinks.
Police all over South Yorkshire have set up a number of police bays where they are randomly pulling vehicles in and carrying out checks on them. This includes testing the driver of the vehicle to make sure they are not over the legal drink drive limit. The checks have been put into place to help prevent anyone from drink driving, as the chances of them getting caught when doing so are high.
If you do get caught drink driving you may face being taken into custody and risk serving a jail term and even losing your licence. Not only that, but the consequences of you injuring yourself or an innocent party are extremely high. When you have consumed a certain amount of alcohol it is likely that you won’t be thinking clearly and therefore won’t be able to concentrate on the road.
If you were to cause a road traffic accident and seriously injure another party, or take their life, how would you be able to live with yourself? What if you took your own life or ended up in hospital because you crashed your vehicle; how would your family and loved ones feel? If you lost your licence would you still be able to work? These are the questions you should ask yourself before you even consider such a thing. Drink driving is illegal and it costs lives.
Here at the Injury Lawyers we would like to wish you all a safe and injury free Christmas. And stay off the road when you’ve had a drink.
