Article: Los Angeles Author Shares Ways to Spot Drunk Holiday Drivers Before They Kill; More Than 61% of New Year's Day Fatalities Will be Alcohol Related.

LOS ANGELES -- Is that driver who just gave you the finger drunk? How about the one who tailgated your vehicle before passing you in the right-turn-only lane? The odds are greater than you may think.

According to Doug Thorburn, Northridge, Calif.-based author of "Get Out of the Way! How to Identify and Avoid a Driver Under the Influence," such rude and reckless road behavior is the hallmark of the drunk driver. He cautions that motorists have to be especially alert for DUI-related behavior during the holidays when more people are on the road and drinking is at its height.

Thorburn notes that on weekdays one out of 50 cars the average motorist passes are ...

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