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Parties, gatherings and football games usually include an abundance of food and seasonal libations. It is easy to get carried away with the celebration and lose track of how many drinks you have consumed. The most dangerous thing you can do at that point, is get behind the wheel. Every driver is familiar with the risky practice of driving while intoxicated.<\/p>\n
\u201cFlorida drivers ought to be proactive and avoid placing themselves and others in a dangerous situation this holiday season, said Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>. \u201cDriving after having too many drinks can create financial burdens, affect future employment,\u00a0be grounds for raised or dropped auto insurance<\/a>\u00a0coverage and worse, cause serious injuries or death along with long term guilt and shame.\u201d<\/p>\n The F<\/a>lorida Highway Patrol<\/a> \u00a0(FHP) has launched their annual campaign to curb drinking and driving. The, \u201cDrive Sober or Get Pulled Over,\u201d campaign lasts through January 1, 2015. During last year\u2019s efforts, 421 impaired drivers were removed from the roads to keep themselves and others safe. \u201cIt will be hard to enjoy the holiday season when you are sitting in a jail cell or worse,\u201d said Colonel David H. Brierton, Director of the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n FHP offers some tips for keeping the roadways safe in Florida this holiday season.<\/p>\n Drivers who get behind the wheel of a vehicle often think they are fine to drive. \u00a0Unfortunately, someone who has been drinking has an altered perception and is unable to properly identify danger. Impairment begins after only one drink and impaired drivers\u00a0fail to recognize they are not safe to operate a car. Reactions times are slowed down and those who have been drinking tend to disregard speed limits. They have difficulty steering and tracking moving objects. They experience reduced coordination and struggle focusing on driving.<\/p>\n According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles<\/a>, \u00a0in Florida, drivers are considered legally intoxicated and can be arrested and charged with a DUI with a .08 blood alcohol level. Blood alcohol content, (BAC), or blood alcohol concentration is the concentration of alcohol in your blood. In Florida, adults cannot legally exceed .08, drivers under 21 years old cannot exceed .02 and commercial drivers have a limit of .04.<\/p>\n Buzzed driving can be just as dangerous. Driving ability can be impaired below the legal alcohol limit. Even if there is no .08 BAC reading, an arrest can be made on the observations of the officer using roadside sobriety checks.<\/p>\n At GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, we know no one is a perfect driver. We can help you find auto insurance<\/a> that suits your budget while providing the coverage you need.<\/p>\n Parties, gatherings and football games usually include an abundance of food and seasonal libations. It is easy to get carried away with the celebration and lose track of how many drinks you have consumed. The most dangerous thing you can do at that point, is get behind the wheel. Every driver is familiar with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,1],"tags":[63,18,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-auto-insurance","8":"category-commercial-insurance","9":"category-floridainsurance","10":"tag-drinking-driving-in-florida","11":"tag-florida-auto-insurance","12":"tag-florida-driving-laws"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13969,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/13969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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