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Passengers should refuse to ride in any vehicle driven by someone who has been drinking. First and most important, suck a refusal could save lives. The National Council on Alcoholism reports that drunk driving causes 25,000 deaths and 50 percent of all traffic accidents each year. Not only the drivers but the passengers who agree to travel with them are responsible. Second, riders might tell themselves that some people drive well even after a few drinks, but this is just not true. Dr. Burton Belloc of the local alcoholism Treatment Center explains that even one drink can lengthen the reflex time and weaken the judgement needed for safe driving. Other riders might feel foolish to ruin a social occasion or inconvenience themselves or others by speaking up, but risking their lives is even more foolish. Finally, by refusing to ride with a drinker, one passenger could influence other passengers or the driver. Marie Furillo, a student at Central High School, is an example. When three friends who had obviously been drinking offered a ride home from school, she refused, despite the driver's teasing. Hearing Marie's refusal, two of her friends got out the car. Until the laws are changed and a vast re-education takes place, the blood-shed on American highways will probably continue. But there is one thing people can do.: They can refuse to risk their lives for the sake of a party.
'Evergreen', Susan Fawcett, 2004
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