Drunk Driving DUI Law

If you traveled by vehicle this Thanksgiving weekend, you probably noticed traffic enforcement officers did not take the weekend off. They were out in numbers working diligently to make our roadways safe for holiday traffic.

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NO one should drink and drive. Alcohol impairs the senses to such a degree that driving is unsafe for the driver and dangerous to others on the road.
As Donna Hawkins, state director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, told Mannix Porterfield of the Register-Herald in Beckley, drunk drivers caused 142 funerals in West Virginia in 2007 [...]

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Over 80,000 arrest for DWI are made in North Carolina every year.
North Carolina Rank 5th in the Country for Alcohol Related Traffic Deaths The following is being released by Mothers Against Drunk Driving of North Carolina: What: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) of North Carolina will kick-off its annual Tie One On For Safety holiday [...]

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Drunken drivers remain a menace on West Virginia highways, and even with a new law on the books, more lives likely will be sacrificed while lawmakers gauge its ability to drop the number of deaths.
Just this year, Gov. Joe Manchin signed a much-debated and revised proposal aimed at reversing the deadly trend of inebriants behind [...]

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American Beverage Institute Says Mothers Against Drunk Driving Proposals are Ineffective and Target the Wrong People
The American Beverage Institute (ABI) denounced two proposals that MADD is pushing for Texas: implementing sobriety checkpoints and mandating the installation of ignition interlock breathalyzers in the cars of low-BAC (blood alcohol concentration) first-time offenders.
At its annual conference taking place [...]

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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla., Aug 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Volunteers for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Manatee County Florida are about to launch a first-in-the-nation pilot program in cooperation with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Volunteers will participate in a “Traffic Observation Program” (TOP) for 6 months beginning on September 1, 2008. MADD Traffic [...]

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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — The 354th Security Forces Squadron, Wing Safety and Mental Health flights staged a mock arrest of a suspected drunk driver outside of the main gate July 2 before the holiday weekend to exacerbate the importance of staying sober while driving.
“So far this calendar year we have seen a 100 [...]

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THIS could turn out to be one of the more insensitive things I’ve ever done as a journalist.
I mean, imagine sitting down to interview the president, the national president no less, of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, knowing full well that I’m one of those people who still drinks and drives.
Hold on, I’m not talking a [...]

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The Tennessean, June 22 – Drunken-driving stories, like last week’s op-ed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving representative Alexanderia Honeycutt, make headlines every day.
Groups like MADD relentlessly remind Americans that the abuse of alcohol continues to be a huge problem on our roadways and, as a result, the most drastic measures are needed. Though truly “drunken” [...]

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