drunk driving

• Drunk driving

• Sadd Teens Try to Stop Drunk Driving

Every day, a student dies from driving drunk. At Scott High School, the Students Against Drunk Driving club is devoted to ending drinking and driving. The club, which has been around for three years, meets once a month to discuss the problem of drunk driving and how to end it one student at a time. Currently, there are approximately 20 students in it. Im in this club because many teenagers are killed because of drunk driving each year; its sad, said freshman Katie Elkins. Freshman Brianna Adkins concurred. Im in this group to stop students drinking while driving. Its an awful thing that needs helped. Erica Graffius, an English teacher at Scott, is in charge of the club. She said, Its sad to read or watch about anyone dying while drinking and driving, but its more depressing when one hea...

• Charleston Gazette
• January 12, 2012

• Madd Releases National and State-by-State Ratings As Part of Its Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving Fifth Anniversary Report to the Nation

-- New Data Cites $132 Billion Annual Cost of Drunk Driving in America -- WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In connection with the fifth anniversary of its Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving(R), Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is unveiling a Report to the Nation, which rates each state on its progress toward eliminating drunk driving. Based on an average of these state ratings, the nation received a three-star rating on a five-star scale. Also included in the report are updated figures showing that drunk driving costs the United States more than $132 billion annually, according to data compiled by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE).

• U.S. Newswire
• November 16, 2011

• California Court of Appeal Affirms Car Passenger's Conviction for 'Driving' Drunk

One young California woman thinks it's an injustice that she could be convicted for drunk driving when her boyfriend was behind the wheel at the time his car careened out of control and flipped into a ditch. Perhaps the young lady should just be thankful that she didn't kill anybody.

• Lawyers USA
• March 09, 2011

• Beer Institute Recognizes Alcohol Awareness Month, Highlights Commitment to Reduce Underage Drinking, Drunk Driving

WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of National Alcohol Awareness Month, Joe McClain, president of the Beer Institute, emphasized the long-term commitment of brewers and importers to reduce underage drinking and drunk driving. As an industry, they have made significant investments in public safety, education and prevention campaigns. Beer Institute members combat underage drinking and drunk driving through a wide variety of programs. Among the recent examples of their efforts are:

• U.S. Newswire
• April 13, 2011

• Drunk Driving

WEST COVINA - The scene in front of South Hills High School on Tuesday was gruesome. An Oldsmobile had T-boned a Ford F-150 and occupants from both vehicles appeared to be dead. Blood, glass and other debris were strewn about the street.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• May 18, 2011

• Drunk Driving

Penalties for drunk driving continue to become tougher over the years as the cost of this dangerous behavior rises. Reckless alcohol ...

• National Survey of State Laws
• Criminal Laws

• Judicial Watch Forces Release of Homeland Security Internal Report On Illegal Alien Charged with Killing Virginia Nun in August 2010 Drunk Driving Incident

Suspect Released By Obama DHS Despite Multiple Arrests WASHINGTON, March 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has received a Department of Homeland Security report detailing the agency's investigation of an illegal alien (Carlos Martinelly-Montano) who is charged with killing a Virginia nun in a drunk driving accident in August 2010. Homeland Security promised a federal court it would release the report earlier this year, but then later claimed the document was in "draft" form and therefore would not be released. Judicial Watch received the edited "final" report on March 3, 2011. Confusingly, the final reported is dated November 24, 2010.

• U.S. Newswire
• March 04, 2011

• ; Was Driving Drunk During Fatal Crash

An illegal immigrant who fatally struck a Benedictine nun while driving drunk was found guilty in Prince William County on Monday of felony murder - a case that sparked outrage in a county at the forefront of debates on local enforcement of federal immigration laws. Carlos A. Martinelly Montano, 24, faces up to 70 years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 3 on the murder charge and a host of lesser related charges to which he pleaded guilty earlier in the day.

• The Washington Times
• November 01, 2011

• Madd Marks 30th Anniversary with Capitol Hill Rally Unveiling Tech- Based Madd 3.0 Action Plan to Eliminate Drunk Driving

Victims & Legislators Call for Passage of Federal ROADS SAFE Act for Lifesaving New Car Technology New Data Shows Drunk Driving Deaths Cut in Half Since MADD's Founding, Yet Still Represent a Third of All Highway Fatalities

• U.S. Newswire
• September 23, 2010

• As Prom Season Approaches: Schumer: Drunk Driving Is Claiming Too Many Lives in Ny, It's Time for a Fresh Approach

S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, joined by Tom McCoy, Executive Director of MADD's Long Island chapter, announced that he is pushing legislation to foster research and development of in-car technology to fight the scourge of drunk driving. This legislation will create a consortium to drastically curb drunk driving by funding a partnership between anti-drunk driving advocates, large car companies and the federal government to design devices that prevent intoxicated people from getting behind the wheel. Schumer says that drunk driving kills thousands of people across the country every year and hundreds of people in New York - many of them teens - but only 2% of drunk drivers are caught. Schumer is a co-sponsor of the legislation, which is sponsored by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Senator ...

• Culvert Chronicles, The
• June 28, 2010