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As Independence Day approaches, you’re probably making plans to attend some kind of party with your friends. And, although you’re just planning a night of fun, things can easily go wrong. The Fourth of July is one of the deadliest days for car accidents involving drunk drivers. Highway fatalities increase 37 percent on July Fourth, and most of those are due to drunk driving accidents. If you know that your friends plan to drink alcohol over the holiday, then they shouldn’t drive – and here are nine tips to help keep your friends safe. Make a plan beforehand. The best way

The Fourth of July is coming up, which means you get to enjoy parties, fireworks and barbeque. But Independence Day also brings an increase in deaths due to drunk driving. In fact, nearly 40 percent of motor vehicle traffic fatalities that occur during Independence Day weekend are due to drunk driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. And, some years are worse than other years, with no way to predict what will happen in 2017. During Independence Day weekend in 2012, for example, fatalities from alcohol-related crashes were six times higher than average. So, keep yourself safe this Fourth

We recently reported on how designated drivers are believed to have saved 50,000 lives and prevented thousands upon thousands of lives. And, we alluded to how these drivers can enjoy mocktails – cocktails without alcohol – during their evenings out, and decided to share specific examples of the variety of options available today. Alternatives to alcoholic drinks actually became popular in the late nineteenth century due to the rise of the temperance movement. Lucy Hayes, wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes, earned the nickname “Lemonade Lucy” during her time as First Lady due to the couple’s refusal to serve alcohol at state

In 2015, South Carolina was named as “worst in the nation in regard to the percentage of traffic deaths involving drunk driving.” This information was derived from data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and reported in the Free Times. Looking at 2013 statistics, our state had 767 traffic deaths, 335 of which were because of drunk drivers. This was 44 percent of all traffic fatalities that year, significantly above the national average (31 percent). There is hope that technology will play a key role in reducing these figures, with the 2014 Emma’s Law an example of how that