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The Dr. Phil Podcast

Stop Being an Idiot and Stop Driving Buzzed, Right Now | The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.413.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A 25,000-pound semi veering across the highway wasn't an isolated scare, it's part of a nationwide epidemic. Impaired driving kills 12,000 Americans a year, costs billions, and continues to be dismissed as a "mistake" instead of the lethal choice it is.Stop it NOW!  @MADDNational

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0:00.0

A 25,000 pound semi-tractor trailer swerving across lanes, running cars off the road, blowing

0:07.4

stop signs. Deputies forced to block an entire highway just to stop him. The driver failed

0:13.9

his sobriety test and was arrested for driving under the influence. Innocent until proven

0:18.7

guilty, yes. But here's the real story. This is part of a

0:22.9

deadly epidemic that nobody really talks about anymore despite what is happening. I mean, look at

0:30.7

these headlines. Fort Worth family grieve's mother killed by drunk driver. Suspected drunk driver

0:37.4

allegedly bites officer. 13-year- by drunk driver. Suspected drunk driver allegedly bites officer.

0:39.9

13-year-old drunk driver hurt in rollover crash. You heard me right. 13-year-old drunk

0:47.3

driver hurt in rollover crash. This isn't random. It's a pattern and it needs to stop,

0:53.1

and I won't stop talking about it until it does.

0:57.4

Did you know that every day in America, impaired driving, drunk or high, kills 34 people?

1:06.3

That's one soul every 42 minutes.

1:13.2

Now, imagine this.

1:18.1

Imagine a full passenger jet crashing every single day.

1:21.6

We would shut the system down.

1:27.0

Yet, on our roads, we rarely even blink an eye.

1:32.8

In 2022, impaired driving caused 32% of crash fatalities.

1:35.1

That's one in three traffic deaths.

1:38.6

In 2023, more than 12,000 funerals.

1:41.4

And if you think, oh, that's not that many deaths.

1:43.3

Well, think about this.

1:47.8

If 12,000 people died every year in an airline crash, that would get your attention. Assuming 200 passengers on an airplane, that would be 60 plane

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