The Cost of Driving Drunk

The  annual cost of drunk driving to the American people over the years has been staggering. A recent report by the Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation says that it costs $132 billion each year. That amounts to more than $400 for each person in the US, though the costs are paid by the local, state, and federal government. The employer costs are estimated to be over $10 billion- from crashes involving work trips and crashes outside of work involving employees and benefit-eligible dependents. We must stamp out drunk driving.