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Drunk Driving Prevention as a Green Initiative

SAVE A TREE – DON’T DRINK & DRIVE

Everybody wants to be green these days. “Green Initiatives” are being mandated in and touted by corporations everywhere. Recycling is an industry and a lifestyle. People are buying electric or hybrid vehicles for their lower emissions as well as fewer trips to the [...]

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Breathalyzer Refusal – It’s Your (worthless) Right!

When you are suspected of drunk driving and the officer wants to give you a breathalyzer test, that officer will likely tell you that you have a right to refuse the test. Sounds great, doesn’t it? If you refuse, because you have a ‘right’ to, then there’s no evidence, right?

Well, a breathalyzer test [...]

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The Next Step is to Treat Drunk Drivers the Way We Treat Smokers!

Now if you smoke, you already know what I’m getting at.  You go to the park, or the beach, or maybe just walk down the street smoking in public and people give you dirty looks.  But it doesn’t stop there, does it?  No. 

Somebody will most likely come up and directly confront you – PUT THAT [...]

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DrinkingAndDriving.Org's Interview on Ridin Dirty - The Radio Show

There is a unique radio program on KLAA AM 830 located literally IN Angel Stadium, Anaheim.  Created by its host, Ken Sharp, Ridin’ Dirty – The Radio Show is the only talk radio show dedicated solely to the issues surrounding drunk driving.  Ken and his co-host Julie Atkinson discuss the latest DUI news and related [...]

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The Future of Drunk Driving Prevention

50 years from now, If the numbers of drunk driving incidents became low enough MADD would have to shift its most of its focus to what is already one of their core targets – teenage drinking.

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New Drunk Driving Statistics Released

There is a lot of new data coming out regarding drunk driving.  The NHTSA has released new figures and some of the news is good – Fatalities from DUI accidents decreased last year.  Total deaths amounted to under 12,000 instead of 13,000.  Again, that’s good news.  But does it mean the number of drunk drivers [...]

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BATmobile Rescues Sobriety Checkpoints!

 

Sobriety checkpoints have been around for decades now despite occasional controversy. Sometimes they are successful and sometimes they are not!

Successful sobriety checkpoints nab drunk drivers with as little impact to the rest of the traffic as possible and we [...]

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Is Playing “Follow The Drunk” an International Pastime?

I call it Playing Follow the Drunk and I can honestly say I find it a bit disturbing!

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What is a Drinking and Driving Blog??

Ignition Interlocks are all the rage

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