Drinking and driving kills thousands each year across the country, and that's why it's never a bad idea to remind people why it does not pay to drink and drive. If you drink and drive, and you injure someone or worse, you just might have to face me: a Georgia personal injury attorney.
The legal right to enjoy an adult beverage responsibly is a privilege earned by 21-year-old citizens of the United States. If you're 21, you have the right to consume alcoholic beverages.
However, if you get behind the wheel of a car or the bars on a motorcycle and you drive after you have been drinking alcohol, you have not only broken the law, but you have made a choice that could be one of the worst of your life.
Drunk drivers are responsible for hundreds of accidents a month in Georgia. Drunk drivers in Georgia are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
If you drink, drive, cause an accident, and injure someone, your life as you know it is basically over. You most likely will be sued, and if your client has a competent personal injury attorney, you will pay.
Convicted drunk drivers who injure another will face jail or prison time. If you are responsible for an accident where more than one person is injured, you could be facing medical bills that will cost you for years. A good personal injury attorney will see to it that you pay restitution that covers not only vehicle repairs and property damage, but medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more.
Don't drink and drive. If you do, you might be facing a personal injury attorney like me, David Van Sant, and you're not going to like it at all.
If you are the victim of an accident involving a drunk driver, contact David Van Sant, an Atlanta area personal injury attorney. He'll make sure you get the assistance and the compensation you deserve.