Imagine, driving home from dinner. Your children are in the back, their kicking feet on your chair as a constant reminder. You turn left onto the one way street of your house, shocked when a set of bright white lights blinds you; you try to swerve away from the oncoming vehicle. Your kids scream, their feet no longer kicking the back of your chair as the other car makes impact with the right side of your car. As your vision fades you hear crying, though you’re unsure of whom it’s coming from. The world is flipped upside down, flashing red and blue lights appear in the distance. Suddenly the sound cuts out and everything is in slow motion. You feel nothing as your eyes close, your mind going blank.
Sadly, this is not just a scene from a movie or book; this is the reality for approximately 1,375 people in Canada who die due to impaired driving every year - and for roughly 175 more that are injured each day in …show more content…
Your heart would be pounding, like a drum in your ears. Your hands sliding down the steering wheel, slick with sweat. Your breathing is quickened, almost as if you’re hyperventilating. Everything would seem to be happening in slow motion; every light far too bright for your sensitive eyes. You end up driving right through lights, not realizing they’re red before you’re already almost through the intersection. You try to stop behind the car in front of you, but your mind can’t catch up with what you’re seeing. You slam on the brakes, trying to stop – You’re too late. You are now a murderer, responsible for the death of somebody’s child. If you’re lucky enough to survive the crash, there’s nothing you can do. Death is irreversible, as are the memories caused by such a traumatic experience. The sound of screams, both yours and your victims, will plague your thoughts. The blood that was spilt, due to your stupidity, will haunt you every night. Never will you be able to get away from
Sadly, this is not just a scene from a movie or book; this is the reality for approximately 1,375 people in Canada who die due to impaired driving every year - and for roughly 175 more that are injured each day in …show more content…
Your heart would be pounding, like a drum in your ears. Your hands sliding down the steering wheel, slick with sweat. Your breathing is quickened, almost as if you’re hyperventilating. Everything would seem to be happening in slow motion; every light far too bright for your sensitive eyes. You end up driving right through lights, not realizing they’re red before you’re already almost through the intersection. You try to stop behind the car in front of you, but your mind can’t catch up with what you’re seeing. You slam on the brakes, trying to stop – You’re too late. You are now a murderer, responsible for the death of somebody’s child. If you’re lucky enough to survive the crash, there’s nothing you can do. Death is irreversible, as are the memories caused by such a traumatic experience. The sound of screams, both yours and your victims, will plague your thoughts. The blood that was spilt, due to your stupidity, will haunt you every night. Never will you be able to get away from