Increases in Drunk Walking: An Unintended Effect….

A new government report shows 37 percent of U.S. pedestrians killed in 2011 were drunk.  Thirty-five percent of those killed—1,547 people—had blood alcohol levels that were at or above the legal limit for driving.

Jonathan Adkins, a spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, told USA Today campaigns to reduce drunk driving may be having an unintended effect, by encouraging more drunk people to walk home.  A person impaired by alcohol can make bad decisions, such as crossing against the light, or “trying to beat a bus that’s coming,” he said.