Holiday Happiness and Good Cheer

Sometimes leads us all to indulge.
Drink Responsibly.
I found this on AOL and was shocked to learn that California was 40 (i thought for sure we would be higher) Just a note to all my friends and all those that pass by this blog ... be SAFE and have a Happy SAFE holiday season!!

Worst States For Drunken Driving
If you want to avoid liquored-up drivers this holiday season, steer clear of Montana, which ranks No. 1 on our list of the Worst States for Drunk Drivers.

MONTANA
you want to avoid liquored-up drivers this holiday season, steer clear of Montana. In 2007, the state reported 106 fatalities in crashes involving at least one driver who was legally drunk. That comes out to 11.07 drunken driving-related deaths that year for every 100,000 people living in the 957, 861-person state. What's more, that number is up slightly; in 2006, Montana reported 10.9 drunken driving-related fatalities per capita.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Cautious drivers won't find a haven in South Carolina either. At 10.5 alcohol-related fatalities per 100,000 people, this state falls just behind Montana for most drunken driving deaths.

MISSISSIPPI, WYOMING and LOUISIANA
round out the top five, with 10.35, 9.37 and 8.57 per capita fatalities, respectively.

However, the folks at Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) cite its law against sobriety checkpoints as a bigger problem. Ten states, including Wyoming, deem these checkpoints--where police officers will stop vehicles to determine the drivers' sobriety--unconstitutional, despite a 1990 United States Supreme Court ruling saying otherwise.

ALABAMA
2007 estimated population: 4,627,851Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 8.41

NORTH DAKOTA
2007 estimated population: 639,715Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 8.28

WEST VIRGINIA
2007 estimated population: 1,812,035Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 7.84

NEW MEXICO
2007 estimated population: 1,969,915Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 6.75

ARKANSAS
2007 estimated population: 2,834,797Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 6.42

TENNESSEE
2007 estimated population: 6,156,719Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 6.33

OKLAHOMA
2007 estimated population: 3,617,316Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 6.05

DELAWARE
2007 estimated population: 864,764Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.78

MISSOURI
2007 estimated population: 5,878,415Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.75

SOUTH DAKOTA
2007 estimated population: 796,214Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.65

WISCONSIN
2007 estimated population: 5,601,640Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.59

TEXAS
2007 estimated population: 23,904,380Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.40

NORTH CAROLINA
2007 estimated population: 9,061,032Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.37

ARIZONA
2007 estimated population: 6,338,755Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.30

MAINE
2007 estimated population: 1,317,207Drunken driving-related fatalities per 100,000 people in 2007: 5.01