Looking for quotes about drunk driving? We have rounded up the best collection of drinking and driving quotes, sayings, captions, slogans, messages, (with images, pictures and posters) to inspire you to be sober and responsible while driving.
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These anti-drunk driving quotes from famous leaders, actors, etc are great words of wisdom to create awareness on the life-damaging impacts of drinking and driving. It’s important to be sure not to be under influence of alcohol when you have to drive; or find a driver. This decision can save your life and the life of others.
Drinking And Driving Quotes
- “Drunk driving is a killer disease.”
- “Drive hammered, get slammered.”
- “Don’t drink and drive, arrive alive.”
- “Allow life to thrive, don’t drink and drive.”
- “Sober driving today. Alive tomorrow.”
- “Better to arrive sober and late than never.”
- “Drinking and driving is a gamble that you just can’t win.”
- “Don’t drink and drive. It’s one test you can’t afford to fail.”
- “If you drink don’t drive. Don’t even putt.” – Dean Martin
- “The problem with drinking and driving is the mourning after.”
- “You can hand over your keys or your life. Make the right choice.”
- “The one for the road may be two for the cemetery.” – Evan Esar
- “You can’t repeal the effects of alcohol. Don’t mix gasoline and liquor.”
- “Drinking and driving: there are stupider things, but it’s a very short list.”
- “Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.” – Knute Rockne
- “Drinking and driving kills someone every 48 minutes, don’t be a murderer.”
- “Drinking and driving can destroy lives and families.” – Valerie Mendralla
- “A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.” – American Proverb
- “The problem with drinking and driving is that trees defend themselves very well.”
- “Each drink you have before driving impairs your judgement, don’t drink and drive.”
- “The driver is safer when the roads are dry, the roads are safer when the driver is dry.”
- “Most of those who are driven to drink, make the trip in the driver’s seat.” – Evan Esar
- “A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.” – W. C. Fields
- “If you drink and drive, sooner or later, you’re gonna meet the Undertaker.” – Vince McMahon
- “Drunk driving is an epidemic on the rise and we need to do all we can to prevent further tragedies.”
- “More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.” – A. J. Jacobs
- “Many a man who is drunk prefers to drive because he feels he is in no condition to walk.” – Evan Esar
- “A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he’s persuasive.” – Demetri Martin
- “Their alcohol consumption levels haven’t dropped much, but their drunk driving has.” – James Lange
- “There’s only one thing worse than being driven to drink, and that’s driving yourself home from it.” – Evan Esar
- “It takes 24,637 bolts to put a car together, but only one nut to spread it all over the road. Don’t drink and drive!”
- “Nobody, at least sitting in my seat , is defending drunk driving. I am not for drunk driving.” – Tucker Carlson
- “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” – Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
- “People that insist upon drinking and driving, are putting the quart before the hearse.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
- “It’s as if people used the invention of seat belts as an opportunity to take up drunk driving.” – John Lanchester
- “An intoxicated person might become angry if other suggest that he or she should not drive.” – Valerie Mendralla
- “I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving.” – Candy Lightner
- “Teens who get behind the wheel after drinking may also hurt innocent bystanders or other drivers.” – Valerie Mendralla
- “”Sorry” will not bring your friend back to life. Choose a leader to drive you home. Be safe, stay alive. Don’t drink and drive.”
- “In a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others, and tear a hole in the heart of everyone who loves you.” – Sharon Heit
- “Driving under the influence of alcohol, or ‘drunk driving,’ is by far the most commonly encountered offense in the courts today.” – Lawrence Taylor
- “When people are really drunk they have a propensity to harm themselves and others they fall off buildings, they drive into other cars.” – Emily Yoffe
- “Drunk driving is a deceptively difficult type of case to deal with, and the risks to the client are much higher than are generally appreciated.” – Lawrence Taylor
- “Drinking and driving… Just because of those 4-5 drinkers 2 small kids have lost their parents forever… Please be careful while driving, your mistake can destroy someone’s life forever.”
- “Drink and drive. Combining the two makes for a tragic mix of poor decision making, car crashes, injuries, legal problems, and potential life-changing situations.” – Valerie Mendralla
- “I have a responsibility, and it’s something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.” – Nicole Richie
- “Teens talking to other teens about safe driving and having fun without alcohol can be very effective in changing attitudes and perceptions and, in turn, behaviors.” – Valerie Mendralla
- “Yeah, I know, some people are against drunk driving, and I call those people ‘the cops.’ But you know, sometimes, you’ve just got no choice; those kids gotta get to school!” – Dave Attell
- “Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There’s always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is addicted to certain substances.” – Don Winslow
- “There’s no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn’t a right but a privilege.” – Jesse Ventura
- “The car crash that took the lives of these two lovely people has been portrayed as a traffic accident caused by a drunk driving at high speed. The reality is that it was murder.” – Mohamed Al-Fayed
- “The consequences and cots of youthful alcohol use are enormous. Many of these harmful consequences are immediate and all too evident–injuries due to impaired driving or violence.” – Institute of Medicine
- “Drinking and driving has devastating effects on the entire nation. At the very least, people who drink and drive can lose their privileges to drive. At worst, they can lose their loved ones or even their lives.” – Valerie Mendralla
- “Drinking and driving threatens the lives of all Americans. Whether we are drivers, passengers, or pedestrians–whether or not we drink alcohol–each of us is at risk of being involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time during our lives.” – Ross J Homel
- “This is interesting. Researchers have found that people who drive drunk are more dangerous on the road than drivers who are high on mar***ana. Don’t get too excited. It’s mostly because the drivers using ma***uana are just sitting in the Taco Bell drive-through.” – Jimmy Fallon
- “The changing of attitudes and norms is the best hope for reducing drunk driving over the long run. If more people regarded drunk driving as irresponsible and dangerous, there would be less drunk driving, more informal control mechanisms, and more support for normal encounter measures.” – James B. Jacobs
- “Drunk driving contains a far greater risk of violent death than the use or sale of illegal drugs, the societal response to drunk drivers has generally emphasized keeping the person functional and in society, while attempting to respond to the dangerous behavior through treatment and counseling.” – Michelle Alexander
- “Are you there vodka? It’s me, Chelsea. Please get me out of jail and I promise I will never drink again. Drink and drive. I will never drink and drive again. I may even start my own group fashioned after MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, but I’ll call it AWLTDASH, Alcoholics Who Like to Drink and Stay Home.” – Chelsea Handler
- “Alcohol use by you people is dangerous, not only because of the risks associated with acute impairment, but also because of the threat to their long-term development ad well-being. Traffic crashes are perhaps the most visible of these dangers with alcohol being implicated in nearly one third of youth traffic fatalities.” – Institute of Medicine
- “In response to the advocacy of groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, most states adopted tougher laws to punish drunk driving. Numerous states now have some type of mandatory sentencing for this offense – typically two days in jail for a first offense and two to ten days for a second offense. Possession of a tiny amount of crack cocaine, on the other hand, was given a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.” – Michelle Alexander
- “Consider the death of Princess Diana. This accident involved an English citizen, with an Egyptian boyfriend, crashed in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian, who was drunk on Scotch whiskey, followed closely by Italian paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles, and finally treated with Brazilian medicines by an American doctor. In this case, even leaving aside the fame of the victims, a mere neighborhood canvass would hardly have completed the forensic picture, as it might have a generation before. Mark Riebling
We hope these good quotes on drunk driving help save precious lives and inspires everyone to change for the better.