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Drinking and Driving “‘On St. Patrick's Day, 1989, Shari Lynn Wooster of Trout Run, PA and her 7-week-old daughter, Angela Marie, were killed by a drunk driver less than three miles from their home’” (Mothers). I am a college student and I have seen, and heard of many people driving under the influence of alcohol. Each time that they step behind the wheel, they are gambling with not only their lives, but their passengers and also other drivers that are on the roads. Sometimes they get lucky, and sometimes they don’t. In the year 2001, there were 246 traffic deaths across the state of Nebraska. Of those 246, 96 were alcohol related. That’s 39% of all car accident deaths are alcohol induced (Mothers 2). Drinking and driving, underminds the moral foundation that society was built on. Once you get behind the wheel, it is the responsibility of the operator to ensure that the vehicle is driven with safety, to obey the laws of the land, and to love thy neighbor. When a person consumes alcohol it is their responsibility to