{"id":2307,"date":"2024-11-30T00:03:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T00:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/hawaii\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2024-12-10T00:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T00:06:17","slug":"national-driving-impaired-prevention-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/hawaii\/national-driving-impaired-prevention-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National Driving Impaired Prevention Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2307\" class=\"elementor elementor-2307\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c30bea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c30bea\" 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-7134c00\" data-id=\"7134c00\" 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-e3b2d86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3b2d86\" 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<div dir=\"ltr\">December is\u00a0<strong>National Impaired Driving Prevention Month<\/strong>, a designation proclaimed annually by the President since 1981. Led by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the White House\u2019s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the month focuses on raising awareness about the dangers and consequences of impaired driving.<br \/><br \/>Key goals include:<ul><li>Raising awareness of impaired driving risks<\/li><li>Honoring victims and their families<\/li><li>Recognizing law enforcement efforts<\/li><li>Educating the public about impairment from the first drink<\/li><li>Supporting efforts to lower the legal blood alcohol concentration limit<\/li><\/ul><div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/f6a014eda1ee157fa78af53ed\/images\/9526bb36-9aaa-20a3-3c18-5a15b1579782.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" data-file-id=\"3061541\" \/><\/div><br \/>Ways to prevent impaired driving:<ul><li>Offer help to those at risk of driving impaired<\/li><li>Treat substance misuse<\/li><li>Invest in technologies that detect and prevent impaired driving<\/li><li>Require new vehicles to include safety features like collision warnings and automatic emergency braking<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div dir=\"ltr\"><div>For more information, visit:<\/div><ul><li><strong>NHTSA<\/strong>: Learn about drunk driving prevention<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/campaign\/drive-sober-or-get-pulled-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/\" target=\"_new\">here<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><strong>MADD<\/strong>: Access resources and information<a href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/about-madd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/\" target=\"_new\">here<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><strong>OVC<\/strong>: Find resources for victims of impaired driving\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ovc.ojp.gov\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\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>December is\u00a0National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, a designation proclaimed annually by the President since 1981. 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