The danger of TX drunken drivers’ impaired perception & reaction times

Our Conroe injury lawyers saw the holiday campaigns against drunk driving that emphasized the dangers posed to other motorists from drunken drivers. Everyone’s heard that drunken drivers cause accidents. Primary reasons that drunken drivers cause more accidents than sober drivers include:

• Impaired decision-making ability. This reduced ability to make proper decisions can, for instance, lead to drunken drivers choosing to drive at excessive speeds through dangerous construction zones and other areas where reasonable people would tend to slow down.
• Impaired perception. In a recent fatal crash that killed a Good Samaritan in Montgomery County, a drunken driver slammed at high speed into a parked car that had its emergency hazard lights flashing to warn drivers of the danger of a stalled vehicle up ahead. The drunken driver possibly did not notice the flashing lights ahead or in his impaired state could not process what the lights meant. The Good Samaritan was on the way home from her 45th birthday celebration when she was needlessly killed.
• Impaired reaction times. Even when drunken drivers notice obstacles for which they need to stop or turn, they might not be able to process that information and react properly in time to take necessary evasive action.

Deadly crashes result by the thousands each year because of these deficits in drunken drivers’ abilities. Sometimes the drunken drivers die by their own actions. But more often, innocent victims perish.

In fact, this is the second local incident in our area that our Conroe injury lawyers have written about in the past few months where a drunken driver took the life of a Good Samaritan that was generously trying to help another person.

If you’ve lost a loved one to an impaired drunken driver, or if you’ve been injured yourself, contact our caring Conroe injury lawyers for a free consultation to help you understand your legal options. With more than 12 years of experience handling the complexities of catastrophic drunk driving wrecks, we understand the special challenges and intricacies involved in proving your compensation claim. Call us today at 877-307-9500 and let us help you obtain the financial recovery you justly deserve for your accident losses.