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An average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before first arrest.
Centers for Disease Control. “Vital Signs: Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Adults — United States, 2010.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. October 4, 2011. www.cdc.gov...
MADD serves a victim or survivor of drunk driving every nine minutes.
(MADD data, 2010)
This year, 10,839 people will die in drunk-driving crashes - one every 50 minutes.
(NHTSA, 2009) Full cite: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ?2008 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment ? Highlights? DOT 811 172. Washington DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2009. www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov...
One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.
(NHTSA, 2001; NHTSA FARS data) Full cite: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ?The Traffic Stop and You: Improving Communications between Citizens and Law Enforcement.? National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, March 2001, DOT HS 809 212. www.nhtsa.dot.gov...&%20You%20HTML/TrafficStop_index.htm
One in three 8th graders drinks alcohol.
MADD has saved 27,000 young lives through passage of groundbreaking public health laws.
(NHTSA, 2009) Full cite: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ?Traffic Safety Facts 2008: Young Drivers?. DOT 811 169. Washington DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2009. www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov...
One in three will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime.
(NHTSA, 2001; NHTSA FARS data) Full cite: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ?The Traffic Stop and You: Improving Communications between Citizens and Law Enforcement.? National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, March 2001, DOT HS 809 212. www.nhtsa.dot.gov...&%20You%20HTML/TrafficStop_index.htm.
Source: www.madd.org...
Originally posted by My.mind.is.mine
reply to post by Cancerwarrior
I haven't dialed 911 since I was a child and did it for fun.....
Try me again...
I live in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Atlanta, police wouldn't show up if we called them anyway. So don't tell me how we might need them. Murders are common, and the police don't show up until the body is rotting.
Originally posted by RatoAstuto
I think a better solution to drunk drivers would be to take all the officers it takes to run a checkpoint and post them outside of the busiest bars in their jurisdiction. Just having them sitting in the parking lot would cause most people to make sure they had a DD. Do a two-man checkpoint right there at the bar by blocking the lots exit with some light weight barrier, or a spike strip.