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Dont Drink and Drive Dont Drink and Drive

At 8pm on June 30 in Nanjing City, a Buick LaCrosse hit 9 people in Jiangning District and damaged 6 parked cars. Amongst these, 5 people died, including one pregnant woman.

In 2009, there were 10,839 fatalities in crashes involving a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher 32 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year.

Why MADD Believes Drunk Driving Isnt Rad


An average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before their first arrest. MADD serves a victim or survivor of drunk driving every nine minutes.

One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.


One in three 8th graders drinks alcohol. Teen alcohol use kills about 6000 people each year, more than all illegal drugs combined.

What are the penalties for a DUI in Texas?


1st Offense 2d offense 3rd Offense

Minimum Jail Fines and Penalties License Suspension

3 to 180 days

30 days to 1 year

2 years

Up to $2,000

Up to $4,000

Up to $10,000

90 to 365 days

180 days to 2 years

180 days to 2 years

So keep dat slab funky and the keys away from the bottle or you could end up with a very split wig

like this

Sources
http://dui.drivinglaws.org/texas.php http://www.chinasmack.com/2009/stories/ police-criticized-bloody-nanjing-drunkdriving-accident.html

http://www.madd.org/statistics/

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