Make the right play to save your life and others.
Wicomico County, Sheriff Mike Lewis announced today that he is joining forces with the National Football League (NFL), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and other State and local highway safety and law enforcement officials to remind everyone to act responsibly by designating a sober driver if they plan on drinking alcohol on Super Bowl Sunday.
“We want to pass our safety message to everyone who will be drinking this weekend, real Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk,” said Sheriff Lewis. “Please call the right play for the big game and pass your keys to a designated driver before the Super Bowl party begins. Getting caught driving while impaired will earn you a costly penalty from local law enforcement and may even result in a turnover of your driving privileges.”
Super Bowl Sunday is one of America’s biggest and most entertaining national sporting events as friends and families gather to socialize and watch the big game. Yet, it has also become one of the Nation’s most dangerous days on the roadways due to impaired driving.
In 2007, fatalities in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes accounted for 32 percent of all motor vehicle traffic fatalities. On Super Bowl Sunday (12:01 a.m. Sunday to 5:59 a.m. Monday), 48 percent of the fatalities occurred in crashes where a driver or motorcycle rider had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of .08 or higher.
Designating a sober driver should be on the top of everyone’s Super Bowl party list.
If you are hosting a Super Bowl party:
Make sure all of your guests designate their sober drivers in advance, or help arrange ride-sharing with other sober drivers.
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Serve lots of food and include lots of non-alcoholic beverages at the party.
Stop serving alcohol at the end of the third quarter of the game and begin serving coffee and dessert.
Keep the numbers for local cab companies handy, and take the keys away from anyone who is thinking of driving while impaired.
If you are attending a Super Bowl party or watching at a sports bar or restaurant:
Designate your sober driver before the party begins and give that person your car keys.
Avoid drinking too much alcohol too fast. Pace yourself—eat enough food, take breaks, and alternate with non-alcoholic drinks.
If you don’t have a designated driver, ask a sober friend for a ride home; call a cab, friend, or family member to come and get you; or just stay where you are and sleep it off until you are sober.
Never let a friend leave your sight if you think they are about to drive while impaired. Remember, Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk.
Always buckle up – it’s still your best defense against other impaired drivers.
For more information, please visit http://www.StopImpairedDriving.org
My friends know that when they come here to have a few or more the keys go to Deb and she hides them, we have spare bedroom and blow-up mattresses. If you drink and drive you could kill somebodies kid, trust me when you sober up you dont want to be that guy. You never want to be that guy.
ReplyDeleteSo if you dont listen and Mike and his men get you, you have no-one to complain or cry to except yourself.
hey joe, why can't webster do stuff like this? mike lewis is really putting him to shame. does webster even know there is life out of his third floor room? gess joe, you really need to help webster out. lets all gather and help the poor old guy out.
ReplyDeletewebster does absolutly nothing for the community. why is that? why is mike lewis doing everything he can to be part of the city while webster does nothing????
ReplyDeleteIts called carachter, Mike has it, Webster doesnt. Little guts never hurt anything eighter.
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