| Preventing Drunk Driving after a Party | | | | guests to designate a driver before drinkingo Give |
| Many people enjoy having friends and family over to | | | | intoxicated guests the option to stay at your home |
| their homes for parties, celebrations, and get-togethers. | | | | instead of drivingo Call taxis or help arrange safe rides |
| Birthday parties, wedding events, and simple summer | | | | home for people who may be intoxicatedo Take the |
| barbecues can be a fun way to spend time with | | | | keys from anyone trying to drive home drunk |
| friends. Guests who consume alcoholic beverages at | | | | If a guest at your home becomes intoxicated and |
| your home should drink responsibly and should not | | | | chooses to drive drunk, you may be held liable for |
| drive under the influence. As the host of the party, | | | | accidents and fatalities caused by the driver. The laws |
| there are several steps you can take to ensure the | | | | in some states will place liability on the person or |
| safety of your guests. | | | | establishment that served the intoxicated driver as well |
| Responsible adults should be able to enjoy alcoholic | | | | as the driver himself. It is wise to pay attention to the |
| beverages without guilt or fear of wrongdoing. The act | | | | alcohol being consumed on your property in order to |
| only becomes a crime if a person consumes alcohol | | | | protect the safety of your guests, drivers on the road, |
| and drives with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. | | | | and yourself from injury and liability. |
| Drunk driving accounts for many deaths and injuries | | | | Having guests over to your home requires a little bit of |
| every year, and it is important to do everything you | | | | planning and foresight in order to make sure that |
| can to prevent it at all costs. | | | | everyone is comfortable and has a good time. If |
| If you are hosting a party at your home, you should:o | | | | alcohol is served at your home, it is wise to make sure |
| Serve food along with alcoholic beverages to help with | | | | that people consume it responsibly to avoid DWI |
| the absorption of alcoholo Provide non-alcoholic | | | | charges while driving home. If you would like to know |
| beverages for an alternative to alcoholo Designate | | | | more about DWI and the law, visit the website of the |
| one person to mix drinks, so they can control the | | | | Dallas DWI attorney Mark T. Lassiter. |
| amount of alcohol in each beverageo Encourage | | | | |