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Disconnecting “Drunk” from “Driving”: NTSB Recommends Increased Use of...
In May the National Transportation Safety Board released 19 recommendations to eliminate impaired driving. This post is the third in a series examining the NTSB’s five safety issue areas. The NTSB...
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New Website Gives DWI Victims the Chance to Share Their Story—Will it Make a...
Jacqui Saburido is one of the most well-known drunk driving victims in the country. In September of 1999, Jacqui and four friends were headed home from a party when a drunk driver hit their car. Two...
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Moving the Needle: Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities by Focusing...
In May the National Transportation Safety Board released 19 recommendations to eliminate impaired driving. This post is the fourth in a series examining the NTSB’s five safety issue areas. The NTSB...
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Infographic: The Impact of Alcohol Consumption in America
Most people are aware of the devastating consequences of alcohol-impaired driving, but the consequences of alcohol misuse and abuse extend far beyond our highways. This infographic shows the unexpected...
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Removing the Guesswork: NTSB Recommends Setting Clear Goals to Reduce Drunk...
In May the National Transportation Safety Board released 19 recommendations to eliminate impaired driving. This post is the last in a five-part series examining the NTSB’s five safety issue areas. In...
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5 Tips to Prevent Underage Drinking During Homecoming
Homecoming is an annual rite of passage for high school students, and one that often involves alcohol. Underage drinking and alcohol-related crashes involving minors tend to increase during homecoming...
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MA High School Sets Drunk Driving Message Back 30 Years
If you aren’t outraged now, you may be by the end of this post. In early October, Massachusetts high school honor student Erin Cox received a message from a friend who had been drinking, asking for a...
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Don’t Let Drunk Driving Turn Halloween into a Real Nightmare
Spirits may be responsible for mayhem this All Hallows’ Eve, but they are likely to be of the manmade kind. Once mostly considered a chance for kids to dress up as their favorite superhero, more and...
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Infographic: Change the Trend on Holiday Drinking & DUIs
A fatal collision following a Thanksgiving party. A teen starts the new year in a wheelchair because of an alcohol-related crash. A repeat drunk driver kills three on Christmas Day. This time of year...
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Blackout Wednesday lives up to its name: Binge drinking and drunk driving...
Looking forward to scoring mega deals on Black Friday? You have to make it through Blackout Wednesday first. In many parts of the country, Thanksgiving Eve has become the biggest drinking night of the...
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“Morning After” and Hungover Driving is Still Impaired Driving
Think “sleeping it off” makes you safe to drive after a night of drinking? Think again. In the U.K., new statistics show that “morning after” drunk drivers account for 10% of all drunk-driving arrests....
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“Too Rich” Defense? Teen Blames “Affluenza” for Drunk Driving
Last week a Texas judge handed down what many see as a light sentence to a teen who was behind the wheel in a deadly drunk driving crash. The boy’s defense: He is too rich to know right from wrong....
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Minnesota Supreme Court to Look at “Necessary Drunk Driving” Defense
A Minnesota woman is appealing her 2011 careless driving charge to that state’s Supreme Court on the basis that driving drunk was her only option to flee from domestic violence. Jennifer and Jason...
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The 6 Most Innovative Anti-Drunk Driving Tactics of 2013
As 2013 winds to a close, we’re looking back at some of the year’s most unique approaches to addressing impaired driving. Running the spectrum from serious to off-the-wall creative, these campaigns and...
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New Research: Kids Riding With Drunk Drivers Much Less Likely to Be Buckled Up
A new study shows that when it comes to drunk driving crashes, children are far more likely to die when riding with an impaired driver in comparison to being in a vehicle struck by a drunk driver....
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Government Accountability Office Reviews Ignition Interlock Installation Rates
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recently released a review of ignition interlocks: Alcohol Ignition Interlocks Are Effective While Installed; Less Is Known About How to Increase...
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Ridesharing Apps: The Cure for Drunk Driving?
Reporters with the Washington Post recently took a look at DUI stats in a handful of cities where ridesharing apps, such Uber and Lyft, are in place. What they discovered has some prominent groups...
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Colorado Tries Free Parking and Rides to Stop Drunk Driving
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), more than 26,000 Coloradans are arrested for DUI and over 150 people are killed in alcohol-related crashes each year. In an effort to...
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Pennsylvania Pretrial Program Recognized for Reducing Repeat DUIs
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has awarded Judge John Kennedy and York County, PA’s Target 25 Program the 2014 Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award for outstanding highway...
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Minnesota High Court Reviews Implied Consent in Drunk Driving Cases
All 50 states have implied consent laws, which state that by having a license drivers agree to alcohol testing in the event of being suspected of DWI. The exact requirements of the laws vary from state...
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