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Statement: MADD is alarmed and outraged that someone entrusted with driving children was allegedly drunk when he crashed a school bus. Thankfully, no students were on the bus at the time of the crash and no one was injured. However, that is not always the...
By Colleen Sheehey-Church National President Mothers Against Drunk Driving® Not everyone dies in a drunk driving crash. Tabitha Clark of Missouri is someone who didn’t die. However, she was severely injured and is now confined to a wheel chair, unable to walk or talk. I...
My career with Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) began in September 1991. In March 1993, fellow employee Robert “Bubba” Bills was struck and killed while on the job by a drunk driver. Not long after, TEP launched its aggressive “Drunk Driving Will Put Your Lights...
Remember 13 years of age? Everything seems possible, spread before you like a buffet, simply waiting for you to start making those “adult” decisions that will alter the rest of your life. That’s the precipice Christopher Croley perched — not still a child, not yet...
Drunk driving — and all traffic fatalities — have increased for two consecutive years. Drunk driving claims 10,000 lives every year and continues to account for nearly one-third of all traffic deaths. Despite nearly four decades of action by Mothers Against Drunk Driving® the number...
The lives saved by ignition interlocks have been piling up since Arizona became the first state to adopt such a law in 2007. Today, 30 states and the District of Columbia have such protections in place. In-car breathalyzers, as they are also known, have prevented...
By: Brian D. Marquis NIDA Public Liason Officer National Institute on Drug Abuse One way is for school staff, parents, and students to work together on awareness events that will provide teens with the facts about drug misuse. National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW)...
Statement: This incredibly frightening image shows the devastation caused by drunk and drugged driving. Fortunately, no one was killed by this crash, but that is not always the case – 28 times a day someone is lost to the 100 percent preventable crime. The Case:...
Statement: Driving drunk with a child passenger in a vehicle is a form of child abuse. Every child deserves a designated driver The Case: Two people were arrested in an alleged drunk driving crash after a minivan with eight children inside collided into a wall...
As part of our recognition of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, we broadcast Jan. 9th with a drunk driving victim from Virginia who shared her account of how law enforcement impacted her crash and recovery. Watch her video be low. Then, leave a short note...