Well I think anytime you are out late at night you have to worry about drunks on the road. I friend of mine (black) lost her husband who is white to a drunk driver this past August. They had 2 kids and she was 5 months pregnant with their 3rd child when he was killed. She just had the baby 2 weeks ago and is now alone with 3 kids under the age of 5 to raise on her own. The only reason he was on the road so late was because he was coming home from work, my heart aches for her. That is one of the reasons I don't go out in the wee late hours, unless I have to. It can not only happen on New Years Eve, but anytime of the year.
"It can not only happen on New Years Eve, but anytime of the year."
I'm not sure where I implied that it can only happen on new years eve. That's just the holiday under discussion on this thread.
Right before this past christmas, an older couple was out looking at Christmas lights and got hit by a 16 year old drunk driver. Killed them both, the drunk driver lived. There are a million stories of people getting hit by drunk drivers, all of them tragic.