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DUI: A Cause For Broken Relationships

By Richard Milford

Driving under the influence of alcohol is sometimes taken for granted by most people and they keep on drinking and driving all at once. Some may have avoided the authorities along the way and some may have not. However, people must know of the negative consequences of a DUI.

DUI is one of the major causes of road accidents. Due to the inability of the intoxicated driver to concentrate on the road, he may end up steering the vehicle towards innocent passersby while remaining oblivious to his surroundings. In the process people may get killed, and the driver himself might die as well.

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.

In addition, the families of all those involved in such an accident also go through the suffering from pain and loss. For example, if a person killed by a drunk driver was the sole provider of the family, then the family would suffer greatly because of the loss of the person and the income.

Even though a lot of sanctions have been ruled by the government for offenders of this nature, there are still a lot of persons who prefer to drink and drive at the same time. There are even those who would take drugs before driving or while driving just to keep them awake disregarding the fact that drugs are prohibited by the government for the reason that it renders the person the disability to control his mental and physical faculties. There is no guarantee that taking drugs would keep you awake and sane at the same time.

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.

The pains of going through imprisonment, paying a fine, and the suspension of your license are not worth the risk of driving while drinking or being high on drugs. This event not only affects you as a person but affects your whole family as well. At some point you might even be publicized for such an offense which would tarnish your name and your children's as well.

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.

Never forget that there is a penalty for driving under the influence, regardless of whether you are high on drugs or have consumed alcohol. Possible punishments include a suspended license, imprisonment and fines. Publicity can only make things worse and ruin your name and maybe even career. If that is not enough, then at least consider what a DUI offense can do to your family.

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