MADD continues to claim victory in it’s aging "War on Drunk Driving", citing its own self-serving statistics. See for example, Lies, Damned
Lies and Madd Statistics, MADD "Statistics Again Debunked and A Closer Look at DUI Fatality Statistics. But the reality is that unconstitutional laws, unfair procedures, Draconian penalties and rampant denial of due process have done little if anything to reduce the incidence of drunk driving.
40 Million in U.S. Driving Drunk or Drugged
Bloomberg Business News, Dec. 9 — Despite massive efforts to curb drunk driving, some 30 million Americans are driving drunk and another 10 million are driving drugged each year, federal officials report.
In fact, in some states the number of drunk and drugged drivers tops 20 percent, according to a report released Thursday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
"This is a pretty high percentage of people that are operating a motor vehicle under the influence of something," said Peter Delany, director of SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality…
On the plus side, there has been a small drop in the rate of drunk and drugged driving in the past few years.
Data from 2002 to 2005 shows the annual rate of drunk driving has dropped from 14.6 percent to 13.2 percent, compared with data from 2006 to 2009. In the same time periods, the annual rate of drugged driving dropped from 4.8 percent to 4.3 percent, according to the report.
In all, 12 states had a reduction in drunk driving, and seven have seen lower levels of drugged driving…
Anna Duerr, a spokeswoman for the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said her organization was pleased to see a decline in the numbers of drunk and drugged drivers.
MADD is declaring victory in its "War on Drunk Driving" after a slightly more than one-percent drop? As I wrote over four years ago, perhaps it’s time to take another approach to the drunk driving problem. See Time For a Change.
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