{"id":1603,"date":"2019-02-20T21:25:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2022-05-25T11:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T11:43:23","slug":"madds-official-statement-on-georgia-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/madds-official-statement-on-georgia-supreme-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD&#8217;s Official Statement on Georgia Supreme Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1603\" class=\"elementor elementor-1603\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-390388c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"390388c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7582c34f\" data-id=\"7582c34f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48694f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48694f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>February 19, 2019&nbsp; \u2013<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cMADD is once again dismayed and angered by the Georgia Supreme Court\u2019s lack of regard for the victims of the violent, completely preventable crime of drunk driving. This is the third ruling in as many years that has chipped away at Georgia\u2019s drunk driving laws and put the rights of drunk drivers ahead of public safety and the victims of these horrific crimes. These rulings undermine the hard work by law enforcement officers, who put their lives on the line to protect the innocent people traveling Georgia\u2019s roads. Next week, on February 26, &nbsp;MADD volunteers will rally at the capitol to advocate for DUI reform. Drunk driving is a leading killer on Georgia roadways, killing 15,461 people since 1982, including 366 in 2017 alone. The fight to end drunk driving is far from over.<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Lawmakers must take action to protect the rights of Georgia residents, including all drunk driving victims. &nbsp;The number one solution to remedy this Court decision that protects rights of all Georgia residents is to mandate the use of ignition interlocks for any person who refuses and seeks driving privileges during an administrative license suspension or the suspected drunk driver simply cannot drive \u2014 a law in 31 states already.<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Additionally, lawmakers must enact legislation making Georgia the 33<sup>rd<\/sup> state to require the use of ignition interlocks for anyone who seeks driving privileges after a DUI.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>The <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gasupreme.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/s18a1204.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Supreme Court\u2019s expansive opinion<\/a> decided February 18, 2019 is available to read online.<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong><a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/georgia\/join-madd-for-under-the-dome-day-february-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please join MADD at the Georgia State Capitol on February 26, 2019<\/a> for its annual legislative day and press conference to highlight the continued increase in drunk driving deaths in Georgia. A press conference, a rally, and a moment of silence will take place inside the Georgia State Capitol to raise awareness of MADD victim services, and to let victims know that they always have a place at MADD. The press conference will being at 1:00pm on the 2nd floor of the South Wing.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19, 2019&nbsp; \u2013 \u201cMADD is once again dismayed and angered by the Georgia Supreme Court\u2019s lack of regard for the victims of the violent, completely preventable crime of drunk&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/madds-official-statement-on-georgia-supreme-court-ruling\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MADD&#8217;s Official Statement on Georgia Supreme Court Ruling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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