Each year thousands of people die because one person chose to drink and drive. There are countless stories out there about fatal DUIs. When someone chooses to drink and drive, they aren’t simply putting themselves in danger. Fatal DUIs happen every day; not only does it cause one family to tragically lose a loved one, but in some cases, drunk drivers are charged with murder, ruining the lives of their own family. You can tell other people not to drink and drive, but there are people who won’t listen. Those people need powerful stories like these to see that driving while intoxicated ruins lives every day.
- Drunk Driving Kills or Causes Personal Injury in More Way Than You Can Imagine: Lawyer talks about the technology available to law enforcement and how they are working to stop drunk driving.
- Statistics Teenage Drunk Driving: Statistics on teenage drunk driving and how to prevent it.: Statistics on teen drunk driving and how to prevent it.
- Accepting Responsibility on Drunk Driving: Keep your friends from driving drunk. Here are some ideas about how to do that.
- Drunk Driving Statistics: Looking Back as 2009 Comes To an End: Drunk driving statistics and video compiled to show the impact of drunk driving.
- Stop the Subsidy of Drunk Driving: A mother, whose son was killed by a drunk driver, talks about the failing legal system to keep drunk drivers from repeating their offense, and how modern technology can be used for prevention.
- Sudden, tragic, senseless: when drunk driving kills: Dedicated to helping those who have to face the loss of a loved one due to drunk driving.
- What America is Doing to be Sober on the Road: Stories about repeat drunk driving offenders, who are still out on the road.
- Impaired Driving Deaths: Is It Murder?: A drunk driver kills a little girl and is charged with murder instead of vehicular manslaughter.
- Is there anything we can do?: Discusses why tougher laws need to be passed in order to stop drunk driving once and for all.
- Sergio Kindle charged with DWI: Football players are not above the law and should be an example to young people in a positive way rather than negative.
- Brittany Deanne Schuetz: A girl who, against friends pleading, decided to drive drunk and killed an innocent person who had her whole life ahead of her.
- Sarah-Dian Heineman: 7 year old girl killed when a drunk driver hit the car she was in with her sister and father.
- What is a proper sentence?: Canada Court cases in which the judge went easy on drunk drivers who were involved in fatal accidents.
- Man causes fatal accident while intoxicated.: Attorney tries to get blood alcohol tests thrown out of court saying there was no consent given.
- Nicole Richie says being a mom made her realize that DUI is wrong: Story about Nicole Richie’s repeated DUIs and celebrity irresponsibility
- We Were Walking Like M.A.D.D–In West Hartford Center: A weekend “MOTHER’S AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING” event and a link to this mother’s story.
- Questions to ask MADD before every car has a Breathalyzer: The use of ignition interlocks on cars of people charged with DUI is a good idea but what about using them on all cars?
- Diana Taurasi cited for DUI: Women’s basketball star cited for DUI and released
- The drinking age should be lowered to age 18: A debate for and against. Not surprisingly, the debater arguing to lower the national drinking age is losing.
- Drunk Driving Accidents Facts: Drunk driving accident statistics
- Sue Scheff: Don’t Let Your Luck Run Out on St. Patrick’s Day: Every holiday Sue tries to remind people about the dangers of drinking and driving.
- MADD Upset Over GTA4 Drunk Driving: Controversy over drunk driving video “game”
- Drinking & Driving: The problem, the facts, and the solutions.
- Know The DUI Laws In Every State: Resource of state law and warnings about the consequences of driving under the influence
- Ignition Interlock Devices: Everything you wanted to know about ignition interlock devices
- Rachel Amaris Elliott: Memorial for an 18 year old girl killed by a drunk driver plus other drunk driving related information
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving: A Crash Course in MADD: A look at whether or not MADD goes too far and condemns drinking altogether. It’s hard not to when your loved one has been taken from you by alcohol consumption followed by motor vehicle operation.
- New York DUI loophole closed: Legislation passed to close a loophole in NY law that allowed a drunk driver to “walk” after causing the death of Olympic skater.
- Prevent teenage drunk driving accidents: Suggestions for how to prevent teenage drunk driving
- Another drunk driving sentencing story we can follow on the sports pages: Discussion about sports personalities involved in drunk driving.
- DUI Repeat Offender Charged With DUI Manslaughter; Bail Set at $2M: Blog covers stories about DUI cases.
- Drunk driving death= 30 days in jail?: A unique case where survivor and deceased were both intoxicated.
- Individuals have responsibility to stop drunk driving: There things we as concerned citizens can do to stop drunk driving.
- Nashville Auto Accident Lawyer Reports On Drunk Driver Who Tried To Do The Right Thing But Died Anyway: Ironically this intoxicated man died as the passenger after giving his keys to a friend to drive….who was equally intoxicated.
- Smart cars to prevent drunk driving accidents?: Since people won’t heed the warnings of the danger and consequences of drunk driving, smart cars may be the future.
- Despite 12 deaths on Missouri roads over the holiday, fatalities still down on the year: Drunk driving fatalities down in Missouri
- Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving: Much needed reminder that driving “buzzed” is “driving under the influence” (DUI)
- Fort Worth Tragic Car Accident Involving Two Drunk Drivers Kills Two Children: Both drivers were intoxicated and caused the death of two children
- Five Time DUI Offender Convicted for Death of 2 Year Old in Fatal Collision: Fifth offense and a fatality of a two year old and the guy only gets 11 years…….we need stricter laws.
- Life Sentence for DWI- Fairness Doctrine Edition: Equal time/space given for discussion on this discussion.
- Special Grant for DUI Task Force: Grant funding over the next two years to be used to stop drunk drivers
- Teen killed by drunk driver sparks DUI checkpoint: 330,000 drivers on roads in California alone have three or more DUI charges on their records — over 80,000 have more than 5. In San Diego County alone, two wrongful deaths are caused by a drunk driver each week.
- The World’s Deadliest Drug is Legal: Claims 50 times more lives than all illegal drugs combined