Drunk driving gets a really bad rap. And no, we’re not trying to say that it’s okay to drive drunk, or that it’s not that bad to get behind the wheel after a few too many. That’s not the case at all. It’s dangerous and far too many people have lost their lives to drunk driving over the years. So in that respect, DUI really does deserve a bad rap. The point we’re trying to make here is simply that there are a LOT of groups and organizations dedicated to combating drunk driving, but too little energy gets devoted to combatting other, equally dangerous driving actions, like distracted driving.

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If you’ve lived in Michigan for any length of time, then you know that most holidays in the Great Lakes state are synonymous with both celebrations and DUI crackdowns. That’s right – whether it’s the 4th of July, Christmas, New Years, or St. Patty’s Day – the cops are going to be out looking for people who’re operating while intoxicated. (They look for folks not wearing their seat belts as well, but the biggest offenders are usually drunk drivers.)

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Despite what MADD and other anti-drunk driving advocates may say, the leading cause of death in the United States is NOT drunk driving. It’s actually car crashes, and statistically about 40,000 deaths were expected by the end of 2018 as a result of them. It seems a staggering number, but when you consider the fact that there are 222 million licensed drivers on the road in the U.S. (most of them with phones in easy reach of the steering wheel) it’s a number that grows every year.

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