You are about to be bombarded with safe driving commercials, newspaper articles, posters and other public-service messages just in time for the holidays.

And with good reason: Thanksgiving is the busiest travel holiday of the year, winter weather and holiday shopping are upon us and November and December have traditionally been two of the deadliest months of the year for travelers nationwide.

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's present a trio of holidays in which drunk driving reaches a deadly peak each year and law enforcement in New York and across the country will roll out a publicity blitz followed by heavy enforcement, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The New York City car accident lawyers and the drunk driving accident attorneys at Queller, Fisher, Washor, Fuchs & Kool, urge motorists to take a moment with loved ones -- particularly with young, inexperienced drivers and older relatives -- to review safe driving and winter driving habits in preparation for the upcoming holiday season.

Click here for New York's safe-driving information page.

AAA estimates more than 40 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

In New York State, 256,901 accident were reported in 2008, claiming 1,160 lives and injuring more than 120,000, according to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. In New York City, 278 people were killed and more than 42,000 injured, accounting for one-third of all injuries and a quarter of all deaths statewide.

Top 5 causes of fatal New York accidents in 2008:
Speed (368 fatal accidents)
Drunk driving (156 fatal accidents)
Failure to yield (150 fatal accidents)
Pedestrian/Bicyclist error (124 fatal accidents)
Driver inattention (118 fatal accidents)

Nationwide, fatal accidents declined 9.7 percent last year to 37,261 and more than 90 percent of the reduction was attributed to fewer passenger car fatalities.