{"id":1242,"date":"2022-11-10T15:52:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nps.nrsf.org\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2022-11-10T16:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T16:08:20","slug":"national-passenger-safety-week-the-courage-to-speak-up-and-intervene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalpassengersafety.org\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/national-passenger-safety-week-the-courage-to-speak-up-and-intervene\/","title":{"rendered":"National Passenger Safety Week: The Courage to Speak Up and Intervene"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Did You Know It\u2019s National Passenger Safety Week?<\/p>\n

At some point in our lives, we\u2019ve all had the uneasy feeling of being a passenger and just not being comfortable with how the person behind the wheel is driving or conducting themselves. Maybe the driver has had too much to drink, or they\u2019re going too fast, or they\u2019re distracted, talking on the cell phone and not paying attention to the road.<\/p>\n

Or perhaps we\u2019ve seen friends or family head to the car to go somewhere, and you know deep inside that they\u2019re really in no shape to drive safely, that they\u2019re in danger of harming or killing themselves and others. Still, it can be hard sometimes to speak up, to know when and how to intervene. That takes courage and guts, especially in a social setting when others are watching, and you don\u2019t know how the person you might be confronting is going to react.<\/p>\n

But silence doesn\u2019t save lives. National Passenger Safety Week is about having the courage to speak up and intervene.<\/p>\n

Drunk, drugged, and distracted driving is on the rise. Did you know that in 2019, 62 percent of all traffic fatalities were passengers? That 13 percent of those who died in alcohol-related fatalities were passengers? And that 53 percent of children killed in alcohol-related crashes were passengers?<\/p>\n

Thousands of people know this pain as the friends and family of loved ones who died as passengers in completely preventable crashes. Many of them were teenagers who hopped in the car with impaired friends driving or with multiple passengers, violating legal driving restrictions meant to help keep them safe. Sometimes in the tragic aftermath, stories emerge of friends and parents being concerned but not taking action: I tried to stop him, but he wouldn\u2019t listen. I didn\u2019t know what could happen. If only I had said something when she took that call\u2026<\/p>\n

In fact, you can do something about it\u2014many things, in fact. All this week (January 23\u201330) has been National Passenger Safety Week, a movement launched by We Save Lives and the National Road Safety Foundation to empower passengers to speak up when their lives or those of others are in danger from reckless drivers. But every day should be a day when we as passengers and bystanders have the Courage to Intervene.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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