On Jan. 1, 2026, I was on the phone with my fiance when he was struck head-on by an under-the-influence driver going down the wrong side of the highway. Fortunately, my fiance survived the horrific incident — however, so many in this same situation do not live to tell the story.

In 2023, a 17-year-old Texan who was driving while high swerved into the wrong lane at 65 mph and crashed head-on into a minivan, killing six people and leaving one paralyzed. When the father of the family, the sole survivor, woke up from the crash, the last thing he remembered was talking to his daughter in the backseat. He then had to be told that his wife, children, and in-laws had lost their lives due to someone else’s utter carelessness.