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While driving, what can go wrong?

Not only are more people drinking and driving and texting these days, according to data released earlier this year by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), but they’re also smoking pot while behind the wheel. Call it a three-fer. What can possibly go wrong?As it turns out, a lot, none of it good. In fact, Texas road deaths are surging and are now counted as among the highest in the country.Traffic-related fatalities in the RGV have increased over the past three years. In 2019, there were 69 fatalities across the four-county RGV region; 81 in 2020; and 113 in 2021,

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