影视帝国 tomove.com.cnMAP Attorney Brad T. Wyly of the Wyly Law Firm, P.C., cites an NHTSA report showing that the state’s alcohol-related traffic deaths have risen. Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 10, 2012 Reacting to recently released statistics, Houston car accident lawyer Brad T. Wyly today called for legislative action to combat the increase in drunk-driving deaths in Texas. “While drunk-driving deaths are dropping nationwide, they are on the rise in Texas. That’s a problem this state must address,” Wyly said. He is the owner of the Wyly Law Firm, P.C., a Houston personal injury firm that focuses on personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits involving car crashes and drunk driving. “It is wrong for our state to walk away from the fact that it is losing more than 1,000 of its citizens every year in drunk-driving crashes,” Wyly said. Wyly pointed to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics released at the close of 2011. The statistics showed a 4.9 percent decline in alcohol-impaired driving fatalities nationally between 2009 and 2010. However, in Texas, DUI-related deaths rose by 0.5 percent from the prior year. According to the NHTSA, there were 2,998 total traffic deaths in Texas in 2010, including 1,259, or 42 percent, that were alcohol-related. In 2009, there were 3,104 traffic fatalities in Texas, of which 1,253, or 40 percent, were related to alcohol consumption. Texas has had the most drunk-driving fatalities in the nation in each of the last two years, according to the NHTSA. “How can Texas legislators look at these statistics and not realize they need to take action?” Wyly said.