Monthly Archives: January 2018
My career with Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) began in September 1991. In March 1993, fellow employee Robert “Bubba” Bills was struck and killed while on the job by a drunk driver. Not long after, TEP launched its aggressive “Drunk...
Remember 13 years of age? Everything seems possible, spread before you like a buffet, simply waiting for you to start making those “adult” decisions that will alter the rest of your life. That’s the precipice Christopher Croley perched — not...
Drunk driving — and all traffic fatalities — have increased for two consecutive years. Drunk driving claims 10,000 lives every year and continues to account for nearly one-third of all traffic deaths. Despite nearly four decades of action by Mothers...
The lives saved by ignition interlocks have been piling up since Arizona became the first state to adopt such a law in 2007. Today, 30 states and the District of Columbia have such protections in place. In-car breathalyzers, as they...
By: Brian D. Marquis NIDA Public Liason Officer National Institute on Drug Abuse One way is for school staff, parents, and students to work together on awareness events that will provide teens with the facts about drug misuse. National...
Statement: This incredibly frightening image shows the devastation caused by drunk and drugged driving. Fortunately, no one was killed by this crash, but that is not always the case – 28 times a day someone is lost to the 100 percent...
Statement: Driving drunk with a child passenger in a vehicle is a form of child abuse. Every child deserves a designated driver The Case: Two people were arrested in an alleged drunk driving crash after a minivan with eight children...
As part of our recognition of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, we broadcast Jan. 9th with a drunk driving victim from Virginia who shared her account of how law enforcement impacted her crash and recovery. Watch her video be low....
By Colleen Sheehey-Church National President Mothers Against Drunk Driving Each day, we share the road with more than 300,000 impaired drivers in the United States for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs with only 4,000 arrests made each...
It started with one walk. And another. And another. In 2008, the signature fundraising event for Mothers Against Drunk Driving® launched with roughly 30 walks taking place that year. Yesterday Immediately, we recognized that we had found a significant and...
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