Drunk Driving

The drive for safety

We're dads and daughters, sons and uncles,
friends and neighbors... And mothers.
We're all ages from all walks of life.
We are many colors with one voice.

"Don't drink and drive." It's a deceptively simple message that's been embraced by the media, the police, the educational system and society as a whole. Delivering this message is the primary mission of MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Formed in 1980 after 13-year-old Cari Lightner was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver while walking down a suburban street in California, MADD is a single-issue, non-profit victim's rights organization. For Cari's mother, Candy, it was this very personal tragedy that laid the roots to what has become the most internationally recognized campaign against drinking and driving.

For Safer Communities

We've all seen the reports on television and read the stories in the papers. Maybe we've been personally affected by drinking and driving. You can't discuss the social, moral and physical ramifications of drunk driving without acknowledging the great strides MADD has made in raising awareness while effectively changing attitudes and laws towards drunk driving. MADD not only pushes for the elimination of drinking and driving, but it also serves as an advocacy group for victim's rights and education. MADD promotes stronger consequences for DUI (driving under the influence), and an absolute ban on drinking for anyone under the age of 21.

Since MADD's inception, the concept of the designated driver has reached mass recognition, and anti-drunk driving law enforcement campaigns are routinely initiated. MADD also accomplished its goal of reducing the proportion of traffic fatalities related to DUIs by 20 percent in 1997, three years early from their original "20 by 2000" plan.

MADD advocates the enactment of harsher laws and punishments for those caught driving under the influence. There are currently about 600 chapters in the U.S. alone

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