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MADD Canada is the Canadian arm of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Its stated purpose is to stop impaired driving and to support victims. MADD Canada operates public awareness and education programs which focus on preventing impaired driving. Local activities are carried out by chapters in approximately 100 communities across Canada.
By 2008, drinking and driving cases made up 12 per cent of all criminal charges, making it the largest single offence group. In 2008, it was estimated that 53,000 drinking and driving cases are heard every year in Canada. The conviction rate was 73 per cent, which exceeded the rate for all criminal convictions by 13 per cent.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a non-profit organization in the United States, Canada (MADD Canada) and Brazil that seeks to stop driving with any amount of alcohol in the bloodstream, support those affected by drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and strive for stricter impaired driving policy, whether that impairment is caused by alcohol or any other drug.
Drunk driving deaths increased by 14% for two consecutive years, rising to more than 13,000 for the first time since 2007. If impaired driving prevention technology was already in vehicles, just ...
The program began in 1977 as Reduce Impaired Driving in Etobicoke and the success of the program led to the expansion across the province of Ontario. (Etobicoke is a suburb within the metropolitan city of Toronto, Ontario). The roadside spot-checks usually appear during the holidays to catch drunk drivers, but the program lasts year round.
Dec. 6—December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month since the holiday season has a higher accident rate than others on average. According to the National Safety Council, over ...
Due in large part to major grants and guidance by the Highway Patrol, the program has made its way to even more students' hometowns.In recent years, the California Highway Patrol has continued to fine-tune the Every 15 Minutes program, which has always been over two-days - day one being the crash, with day two as the assembly, featuring speakers ranging from the student participants and their ...
Police officers in Connecticut, United States, conduct a field sobriety test on a suspected drunk driver. Drunk driving (or drink-driving in British English [1]) is the act of driving under the influence of alcohol. A small increase in the blood alcohol content increases the relative risk of a motor vehicle crash. [2]