Drunk Driving Can Leave One With A Serious Hangover

As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I can tell you that there are a million reasons not to drive drunk. Donnie Self, 35, of Horse Cave, Kentucky just made it a million and one reasons. If you are driving drunk at 11:30 at night you might just might ram into the rear of a marked police car.

Deputy Chief Joe Middleton was treated and released for minor injuries, his passenger was uninjured and Mr. Self is now in the Hart County Jail charged with First-Degree Wanton Endangerment, First-Degree Wanton Endangerment of a Police Officer, Second Degree Assault and DUI with aggravating circumstances under a $100,000.00 bond. This might just qualify as the world’s worst hangover.

Every day, 36 people in the United States die, and approximately 700 more are injured, in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. The annual cost to society, of alcohol-related crashes, totals more than $51 billion.  In 2006, 13,470 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (32%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.

In 2007, over 1.4 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, that’s less than one percent of the 159 million self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired driving among U.S. adults each year.

If you or a loved one is involved in a Tennessee automobile accident caused by a drunk driver contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident lawyers at Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights and remedies.