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With more drivers on the road this 2012 holiday season than ever before, it’s time for our yearly column on the dangers of drinking and driving and using your cellphone while behind the wheel.

This is the story of young Joe, a fun loving 21-year-old who is full of life, has lots of friends and is a good person. He also has a great collector car, a 1970 Challenger 440 Six Pack that he loves to drive.

Joe could be your friend, son, sibling, parent or your husband. He’s having a great time at a holiday party, joining in on all the fun. He’s overdone the eating and drinking, something many of us do each year.

Now it’s 1 a.m., and time to head home. Joe knows he’s had one too many of the alcoholic drinks, but doesn’t feel it will impair his driving abilities. Thank goodness he’s alone in his Challenger.

Joe isn’t aware that on this night, he’ll become one of the 32,367 drivers that died in car accidents in 2011.Fashion runways lately have been full of chic flat shoes for women. Even though these numbers are the lowest since 1949,The slick petrol tones in these contemporary stainless steel cufflink links is achieved. he’ll add to the statistic that involves alcohol related deaths and also join a new measure of fatalities related to distracted driving (cell phone, texting, etc.). Further, his death will be recorded in the 25-percent statistic group of impaired driving fatalities that occur between 12 a.m. and 3 a.m.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), unveiled its new “distraction-affected crashes” recently and the data is not good.

Fatalities in distraction-affected crashes increased by 1.9 percent, with this new measure focusing on crashes in which a driver is most likely distracted. While NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) previously recorded a broad range of potential distractions, such as cell phones,I had the idea of being energy independent by putting up a wind turbine and making some electricity, the new measure focuses on distractions that are most likely to affect crash involvement, such as dialing a cellular phone or texting. Joe will also be one of these “distracted-affected” casualties.

“In the past several decades, we’ve seen remarkable improvements in both the way motorists behave on our roadways and in the safety of the vehicles they drive, and we’re confident that NHTSA’s 5-Star Safety Ratings Program and nationwide collaborations like ‘Click It or Ticket’ and ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ have played a key role in making our roads safer,” said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland. “Even as we celebrate the progress we’ve made in recent years, we must remain focused on addressing the safety issues that are continuing to claim more than 30,000 lives each year.They are considered nickel free earrings or hypoallergenic stainless steel earring,”

NHTSA information indicates that driver distraction continues to be a significant problem. Given the difficulty of proof and a driver’s reluctance to admit,This item is for one stainless steel bangle core for wood. lack of witnesses, or death of the driver—NHTSA believes the actual number of distracted crashes could be much higher than the estimated 387,000 people injured in distraction-affected crashes in 2011.