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Want to drink and drive? Forget about it.

Forget that you might kill yourself or someone you love. Forget that you might kill a stranger. Forget that it might be a child or a single parent or a veteran.

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Those are all great reasons not to drink and drive this holiday season, or any other time. But for many people, those reasons aren’t good enough.

If the chance of killing someone doesn’t change your mind about driving drunk, maybe something else will: inconvenience.

The best drunk driving arrest scenario is that no one gets hurt. You get pulled over, that’s all. It feels life-shattering, but it’s not. It’s just a big inconvenience. Maybe you were speeding. Maybe you have a broken tail light. There are a thousand reasons police might pull you over.

If it happens, the routine is predictable.

“Have you been drinking?” The officer asks.

It doesn’t really matter whether you answer yes or no. Chances are you will end up blowing into the end of a device that you want no part of. If you’re over the limit, you are under arrest. The car is impounded and you are put into the back of a police car in handcuffs. This part sucks, but we’re just getting started.