Halloween is a fun holiday for all, but it is also a time when drunk drivers plague the roads. According to Traffic Safety Marketing research, 44 percent of all motor-vehicle fatalities on Halloween were due to the negligence of drunk drivers. Why is it so dangerous to share the road on Halloween and what can you do to stay safe? Everyone knows that Halloween is popular for children, as they enjoy dressing up as their favorite characters or animals. However,…

Drunk driving is a danger to motorists any time of year, but there are certain days in the calendar where this reckless behavior tends to spike. There are six major holidays that tend to be the most dangerous on the road, and three of them are coming up soon.     Thanksgiving weekend Turkey Day is dangerous partly due to rushed and fatigued drivers, but also due to daytime alcohol consumption. It’s the busiest holiday for road traffic, with families…

DUI charges can have serious consequences in Colorado. The driver owes hundreds of dollars in fines and court costs as well as a potential prison sentence and license suspension. With all the trouble individuals go through in these charges, you would think that most of them would avoid drinking before getting behind the wheel in the future. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case. A recent report by the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice featuring data from 27,000…

“It’s actually safer to be controlled by a self-driving system during the long stretches of highway. That’s where it becomes the most mundane, that’s where you get the most fatigue, which plays into accidents.” – Eric Berdinis, Otto Product Lead Too many people are injured or killed in alcohol-related car accidents every day. While there are many alternatives to drunk driving, people still choose to do so. Not everyone can afford to take an Uber home, so they result to…

People are well aware of the danger of drunk driving. The good news is that drunk driving continues to decline, as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. But people are still getting drunk. According to a 2017 survey published in JAMA Psychiatry, there has been a significant rise in the percentage of people who drink heavily. While it is always better to not get behind the wheel after drinking, walking home in the dark while drunk poses its…