We've made a little progress toward acquiring drunk drivers off our highways -- not enough but, but we have created progress. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) has had a great deal to do with the progress that has been created. MADD was formed in 1980 by Candy Lightner after her daughter, Cari, was killed by a repeat drunk driving offender.
The number of fatalities resulting from driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs in 1982 was 26,173 and accounted for a full 60% of all site visitors deaths. In 2005 (the last year for which statistics are available), the number of fatalities resulting from driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs was down to 16,885 and accounted for only 39% of visitors deaths. That is good. That is progress, however it isn't sufficient progress yet.
Folks of all ages drive drunk, but the group which is most usually guilty of the offence are drivers between the ages of 21 and 24. The age group that comes just behind that age group is between the ages of 25 to 34. Of course, people of all ages and all walks of life are the victims of drunk driving. You don't need to be drunk to be a statistic. Sadly, it really is often little children who make up a huge percentage of the deaths attributed to drunk driving, and usually it's a parent of the child who's driving under the influence and who causes the accident.
The bottom line here is that drinking and driving do not work nicely together. Mixing the two can be a recipe for disaster. The issue might be totally eradicated if every individual produced the decision to NOT drive under the influence. That isn't likely to take place, so we (all of us) must continue to educate drivers, work toward laws that provide for harsher punishments when offenders are caught, and pray.
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