Family of man killed by drink and drug driver speak on loss
Adam Afsar, 34, was driving along the M62 with passenger and best friend Jason Wilby, 27, when the tragedy unfolded. In the early hours of April 2, 2018, the car Adam was driving was hit by another car going the wrong way down a slip road of the motorway at the Chain Bar roundabout. 
The driver of the other car was found to be twice the legal limit for alcohol and had also taken cocaine following a night out. Taryl Moxam, who was 23 at the time and from Barlborough, Derbyshire, was jailed for nine years and four months over what the judge described as a "grotesque piece of driving". 
Adam's mother, Christine, and his 15-year-old daughter, Miley, have chosen to speak about the toll of the devastating incident and urged others to think twice this festive season. It comes as West Yorkshire Police launches its annual Christmas drink drug drive awareness campaign. Speaking about her late son, Christine said: "Kind, generous, beautiful.
"He would do anything for anybody. He would be there at the drop of the hat. "There's even videos of him helping people when we had all the floods and he was the first one out in his shorts and t-shirt.
He was that sort of person." 
Looking back at that tragic night, she said: "There were a lot of people flashing him, to say 'you're going the wrong way, mate'. Somebody rang the police. He just ignored them.
"He knocked Adam up into the railings. He killed my son and his best friend. He got out of the car with a broken wrist.
"We were talking to police and I kept saying, take me to him, take me to him. They said we can't, we couldn't get his body out of the car. The car was upside down but they couldn't get him out.
"You can't describe what it's like to lose a child. There's no explanation for it, no word to describe it. It's just the worst feeling in your life.
"Miley has been the most affected. "I cry every day. Every single day.
I can be in the kitchen, cooking, and a memory will come and I just hit the floor. That's my normal. That's my life now.
That's how I have to live it. My granddaughter, her life would have been so much different if she had a dad. 
"One pint can do it. It depends what mood you're in as well. Everything is a factor that leads up to it.
It doesn't matter how angry you are or how determined you are to get home. Just phone somebody, phone somebody to pick you up. Leave your car at home.
Just get a taxi." Miley added: "It's made me very unsociable. All I want to do is be in my own space.
"It's affected me as I've gone into high school."
Roads policing patrols in December
Throughout December, Roads Policing Officers will be stepping up patrols and reminding people of the potentially fatal consequences of driving while under the influence. 
Chief Inspector James Farrar, head of our Roads Policing Unit said: "Each year we hear the same excuses: 'I only had a couple', 'I wasn't going far', 'I haven't had a drink since last night'. [embedded content] "Ultimately there can never be any justification for getting behind the wheel under the influence of drink or drugs.
"You might have to live with the knowledge that you have seriously injured or killed an innocent person due to the choices you made. "The lasting impact on Adam's family is truly heartbreaking to see. "My officers are out across the road network and they will be relentless in continuing to stop every driver they suspect might be under the influence.
Don't let it be you." Members of the public are encouraged to help keep the roads safe this Christmas by reporting anyone they suspect of driving under the influence of drink or drugs. People can contact West Yorkshire Police through 101 or the website.
People should call 999 in the event of an emergency where there is a danger to life or a crime is in progress.
Information can also be shared anonymously by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers.
The campaign supports the West Yorkshire Vision Zero aim to reduce all road deaths and serious injuries in the county to zero by 2040.