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News Testimonials Safety Community- May 14, 2015 77
Today marks the 27th anniversary of our nation's deadliest drunk driving crash. A repeat DUI offender with a .24 BAC drove the wrong way down the highway and slammed into a bus that was returning from a church trip. The fiery crash killed 24 children, the bus driver and two adult chaperones and injured 34 others.
This crash changed the way this country looked at the issue of drunk driving and spurred key reforms at the national and local level… and yet, 27 years later, there are still more than 10,000 people killed and hundreds of thousands more injured each year because of this 100% preventable...
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News News Releases Safety Community- February 09, 2015 35
New for 2015, MADD is expanding its mission to take on the deadly effects of drugged driving. While we know that we still have our work cut out for us when it comes to eliminating drunk driving, we knew it was time to take that experience and apply it to the issues surrounding drugged driving. MADD has provided victim services to those impacted by drugged driving for many years. Now we can provide those families with hope – much like we have to victims of drunk driving for the past 35 years.
New National President Colleen Sheehey-Church’s son Dustin drowned after the car he was riding in, driven...
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News Safety Community- February 06, 2015 65
January 27, 2015 - Originally posted by Michael
Nearly 300,000 people drive drunk every single day. That’s enough to fill the University of Phoenix Stadium more than four times over. That’s a stark reminder that the Big Game consistently ranks as one of the most dangerous times of year for drunk-driving deaths.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. A new report conducted in partnership with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) reveals that when empowered with more transportation options like Uber, people are making better choices that save lives.
Here are the key takeaways from the report:...
