AAA says that “a passenger’s presence might supply some safety in opposition to being a wrong-way driver, as almost 87% of wrong-way drivers had been alone. Passengers might alert drivers that they’re getting into a one-way street, stopping them from getting into the freeway within the improper course, or alerting them to their error, serving to the driving force take corrective motion earlier than a crash happens.” After all, there are different elements at play too, together with psychological and bodily well being, joyriding, or making an attempt to evade police, however whatever the trigger, it is a severely alarming statistic.

AAA says that consciousness and intervention have to be enhanced, however the greatest technique to get forward of this drawback is to stop drinkers from driving with ignition interlock gadgets that will not permit you to begin the automobile when impaired. Excessive-visibility enforcement operations may assist, whereas you are able to do your half in minimizing these crashes by remaining alert always.