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Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving

Picture a nation without drunk driving. MADD’s Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving is a bold initiative with the ambitious, but attainable, goal of eliminating drunk driving once and for all through the four comprehensive and coordinated strategies outlined below.
  1. High-visibility law enforcement, including sobriety checkpoints
  2. Ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers
  3. Advanced vehicle technologies that will prevent drunk driving
  4. Public support
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Child Endangerment

MADD is working for:

  • Tougher DUI child endangerment laws
  • Stricter enforcement of the laws
  • Training and awareness for judges, 
        attorneys, law enforcement and others
  • Requiring ignition interlocks for offenders
     
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    Court Monitoring Program

    MADD’s Court Monitoring program aims to:

  • Improve court accountability of drunk-driving cases 
  • Compile information on how DUI/DWI cases are handled nationwide
  • Identify gaps in the legal process
  • Communicate public interest and concern about DUI/DWI cases 
  • Use data collected to improve the legal system
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    Designate a Driver

    The designated driver is not the person who drank the fewest beers—a designated driver is an adult who is designated before celebrations begin to provide a safe and sober ride home. Learn more about being a designated driver, throwing a safe party, how to spot a drunk driver and what to do is you do if you spot a drunk driver. Learn more


    Diversity

    Drunk driving doesn’t discriminate – it affects men, women and children from all walks of life. MADD has a number of culturally specific programs and materials designed to help save lives and prevent injuries in Hispanic, Native American and African American communities. Learn more


    High-Risk Driver

    High-risk drivers are one of our greatest public threats—and one of our biggest challenges in the fight to eliminate drunk driving. MADD’s High-Risk Driver program seeks to deal with high-risk driving through restrictions, restitution and recovery. Learn more


    Social Host

    Thinking about hosting a party where youth under 21 have access to alcohol? Think again. Social host liability refers to laws that hold individuals responsible for underage drinking events on property they own, lease or otherwise control. Unlike laws that prohibit furnishing alcohol to youth under 21, social host laws focus on preventing underage drinking on private property without regard to who furnishes the alcohol. Learn more


    Take the Wheel

    MADD’s taking the wheel of drunk driving prevention in Harris County, Texas, with Take the Wheel—a pilot program that utilizes all of MADD’s resources in one location. Learn more


    Tie One On For Safety

    Go ahead and tie one on—for safety that is. As part of our broader Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving program, MADD’s Tie One On For Safety asks motorist to place a MADD red ribbon or decal on their vehicles as a pledge to drive safe, sober and buckled up during the holidays—and throughout the year. Learn more


    Victim Services

    If you or a loved one has been affected by a drunk driving crash, MADD can help with grief and emotional support, injury support, navigation of the legal system and financial recovery. Learn more


    Walk Like MADD

    Take a step to save lives by participating in Walk Like MADD, our fun, community-driven 5K walk that raises funds and awareness for MADD’s programs and services to help make our communities safer. Learn more


    Why 21?

    Visit Why21.org to learn more about the 21 Minimum Drinking Age law and how it saves lives. Find out how alcohol affects the teen brain, the realities of underage drinking, common myths about and a history of the drinking age law. Learn more


    Year-Round Class Pack Resource

    MADD’s Multimedia Class Packs give schools a dynamic resource they can use year-round. Because they’re designed for use with smaller audiences, Class Packs encourage conversation and interaction. Students get a chance to talk and share their feelings about the important decisions and difficult choices teens face in middle and high school including those about underage drinking. Learn more