Mothers Against Drunk Driving News

There's a movement afoot to lower the threshold to .05, which some of the lighter weights among us could hit in under an hour with just a few drinks under their belts.

According the National Transportation Safety Board , alcohol related crashes account for nearly 10,000 deaths on U.S. roads every year, and no state sees more of those deaths than Texas.

If it was up to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, a point zero- zero behind the wheel is the would be the only acceptable blood alcohol level.

"We are confident that these upcoming checkpoints will be no exception," police said in a press release.

There's a good chance you've heard a commercial running on Harrisburg radio stations, but it's mostly intended for the ears of lawmakers who are mulling liquor privatization.

Random breath testing is at the top of the wish list of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Avoid the 7 campaign and the California Office of Traffic Safety recently honored the many local officers who have worked for a year to crack down on local drunk driving.

First time O.U.I. offenders might not have to lose their driver's license, but they will need to pay for it.

Their mission is to stop drunk driving, support victims of this often deadly crime and prevent underage drinking.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving hailed four Fauquier sheriff's deputies for excellence in curtailing intoxicated drivers.

A Petaluma police officer was legally drunk when he crashed a scooter on a public golf course during a department tournament last fall, prosecutors said Wednesday.

I appreciate this opportunity to write about Mothers Against Drunk Driving, one of the largest crime victim organizations in the United States.

Hundreds of South Floridians lined up at Fort Lauderdale's Huizenga Park Sunday morning to show support for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD.

When it comes to teenagers and alcohol, drunken driving is far from the only thing that should concern parents.

For more than three decades, Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been teaching the public about the dangers of drunken driving especially involving young people.

Leslie Watson, executive director of MADD -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving -- will be the featured guest on this week's Tyler Chamber Radio show.

MADD's annual vigil is for victims, survivors, advocates, friends and their families or those emotionally impacted by the crime of drunk or impaired driving.

Preventing traffic-related deaths is not the only concern of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, which also is striving to raise awareness of the dangers of underage drinking.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving has marked April 21 as "PowerTalk 21," a day for parents to talk with their children about alcohol.