This is an article where most people might disagree.

And I can hear them now; “I whole-heartedly disagree and that’s because my cousin’s, sister’s, brother’s, friend…. is 98 years old and she drives in NASCAR.” And that might be true… however, I believe that our roads are unsafe and here’s why;

According to Google;

"A study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that seven out of 10 Americans are currently taking at least one prescription drug, today. Whereby, the most commonly prescribed prescription drug in America is currently antibiotics (taken by 17 percent of Americans) followed by anti-depressants and opioids which are each taken by about 13 percent of Americans today."

-June 19, 2013

Which means that 7/10 Americans are currently prescribed to pharmaceutical drugs, many of whom are driving on the roads as I type this article. Furthermore, according to MedicalNewsToday.com car accidents were the 4th leading cause of death in 2013. Whereby, during that year 136,000 American deaths were attributed to car accidents or roughly 5.2%. Which means that 1/20 Americans who lost there lives in 2013 alone, died in a car.

*4: Accidents

• Deaths: 136,053
• Rate: 42.7
• Age-adjusted rate: 40.5
• Percentage of total deaths: 5.2 percent

So, in conclusion… due to these statistics and with reverence to the growing use of prescription drugs today, I believe that now is the perfect time to consider driving reforms.

-William Larsen, CiviliansNews.com