Posts Tagged ‘drunk driving’
Introducing – In the Name of the Son by Declan Duggan
In the Name of the Son is a powerful new book by Declan Duggan whose son, Kevin, was just 19 when he died in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UK, on Saturday evening, 31st October 1998. Kevin had unwittingly accepted a ride from a drunk driver. According to Declan, the local police force reported there was no suspicion…
Read MoreMemorial Day Holiday DUIs — It Takes Far Fewer Drinks Than You’d Think
With today as the official start of the Memorial Day holiday week-end, I thought I’d use this post to share some of the science of how it is that a well-intended person gets a DUI. Of course the obvious answer is they chose to drink and drive. So the obvious question, then, is, “WHY?” The…
Read MoreGovernment Can Reduce Drunk Driving With New Technology
Reducing drunk driving is critical. The following is a guest post by Pari Chang, a professional blogger for SixEstate. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, SELF, and Glamour. Government Can Reduce Drunk Driving With New Technology by Pari Chang It’s astounding: The average drunk driver will drive drunk 87 times before being…
Read MoreSo How Does a Person Choose to Drink and Risk Getting a DUI?
Choose to drink and drive – how does a person do it?! This is a re-post of a 10-minute show that I did with Pen TV in which I shared the science and brain research that explains why a person may “choose” to drink and risk getting a DUI and why knowing this may stop a…
Read MoreHow It Is That a Person Can Choose to Drink and Drive?
How does a person get a DUI if they didn’t choose to drink and drive? One of the most difficult obstacles to overcome when working to halt DUIs/DWIs — driving while impaired — is that by the time a person who has been drinking through dinner or over the course of an evening still thinks s/he…
Read MoreThe Oprah Winfrey Show – The Diane Schuler Story
I watched The Oprah Winfrey Show – The Diane Schuler Story, yesterday, and I was struck on so many, many fronts, but the two I’m going to talk about in this post have nothing to do with the Diane Schuler Story. They relate to the portions of the show that followed that segment. [Beyond] The…
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