Although it is tempting to simply drive home after having a few beers, especially if you don’t live far away, the statistics are grim. In the United States, there were 16,885 drunk driving-related deaths in 2005. In Arizona alone, there were 7,693 alcohol-related crashes, and in over 23% of all fatal accidents, drinking as a factor.

Obviously, drinking and driving is a problem. Luckily, though, fewer people are drinking and driving, and thus, fatality numbers are down when compared to stats twenty years ago. This is in part due to better alcohol education, but harsher DUI laws in Arizona and in the entire country are also encouraging people to stay off the roads after drinking or to choose not to drink at all.