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TODAY IS MADD MONDAY. STOP DRUNK DRIVING IN VIRGINIA
MADD in Virginia Commemorates the lives lost to drunk drivers once a year on MADD MONDAY. Today is MADD Monday. Please pledge to elminate drunk driving in Virginia
Today is National MADD MONDAY. Sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, this day commemorates the dangers of drunk driving. More than half the accidents reported in the US involved some level of drugs in the responsible driver's system.
Do you know how big
the drunk driving problem is in the US, even today, more than 20 years after
the founding of Mothers Against Drunk Driving? Do you know how many DUIs you
state law enforcement officials issued last year? Do you know how many drunk
driving collisions or drunk driving fatalities were in your state last year?
Almost half of all
drivers who were killed in motor vehicle collisions test positive for drugs
and/or alcohol in their system.
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2011
Virginia Traffic Crash Facts:
245 persons
were killed in alcohol-related crashes, a 10.58 percent decrease fro
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Drunk
Driving Kills and Hurts Millions in the USA. Join Us In Supporting MADD MONDAY
– February 18, 2013
Who will
be the next victim of a drunk driver? What can you do to protect yourself and
your family from a drunk driver?
Are you
willing to endorse and show your personal support for MADD Monday?
Remember
MADD? They are MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVINGm 2010*
20 teenagers,
age 15-19, were killed in alcohol-related crashes, 2.62 percent of the total
(764) traffic fatalities
5,465 persons
were injured in alcohol-related crashes, a 1.87 percent decrease from 2010
522 teenagers,
age 15-19, were injured in alcohol-related crashes, 0.82 percent of the total
(63,382) traffic injuries
23,458 people
were tested with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .08 or greater, a(n) .09
percent decrease from 2010
The average BAC of tested drinking drivers was 0.1393
Of those convicted of DUI, 76.58 percent were male and
22.66 percent were female
28,162
persons were convicted of DUI, a 3.1 percent decrease from 2010
From Virginia DMV
Website.
Visit
MADD’s website and look for statistics. Share the information on your Facebook
page or in your Twitter feed. You can help raise awareness and change behavior
just by taking a minute to help spread the word.
Virginia MADD Facebook
Page: http://www.facebook.com/MADDVictimServices
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