DUI'S Can Cause The Breakup Of Relationships

By Richard Milford

There are those people who somehow have managed to avoid being caught while drinking and driving and some not. They should realize the negative side of being charged with a DUI.

One of the main causes of accidents is driving under the influence. This is because the drivers are not able in their intoxicated condition to concentrate on what is going happening on the road and the surrounding area. The vehicle may swerve towards innocent pedestrians or other cars and the results can be fatal, for the victims as well as the driver.

In accidents such as these, so many lives are affected. The driver must go through serving some time in prison, when he could have spent those times doing something more worthwhile for his own betterment or for his family's.

If there is a death as a result of the accident and the person was the main support of the family it can not only cause much pain and heartache for the loss of the loved one but eventually reality sets in and the family has lost its financial support.

There are many new laws enacted to help get DUI offenders off the road, for their sake and more so for the innocent people killed each year. Laws are also there to aid enforcement for those that take pills to keep them awake, unaware that it too affects their ability to drive safely.

There are those that can only be classified as behaving in a "macho" way and continue to drive while under the influence thinking they are "just fine". They should think twice. Law enforcement is being very diligent in their efforts to get DUI drivers off the road.

Drinking or using drugs and then driving under the influence is just not worth the consequences of jail time, fines and a suspended license. On top of that, the offender is not the only one to suffer the consequences. The whole family will suffer and if you are named in the news for an offense, then this will ruin your reputation and your family, especially children, will be punished for that.

It is up to you to take precautions against driving under the influence. Even if your friends or family want you to go out and drink with them, you have to make the final decision not to drink before driving home.

It is important to keep in mind that there are penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs that not only affects you but your family, also. Jail, fines and license suspensions and your reputation are at risk if you DUI.

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