Recognizing December 2025 as "Impaired Driving Prevention Month" and promoting efforts to help prevent tragic and preventable crashes, deaths, and injuries caused by impaired driving.

Someone is killed or injured in a drunk-driving crash every 42 minutes in the U.S., and alcohol-impaired driving has increased 22 percent since 2019, killing more than 10,000 people each year — about 30 percent of all traffic deaths. The average drunk driver has driven impaired 80 times before their first arrest. This resolution supports designating December 2025 as Impaired Driving Prevention Month and highlights the effectiveness of ignition interlock devices, which studies show reduce repeat offenses by up to 70 percent, while encouraging sober driving and planning ahead for a safe ride home.