MADD is a non-profit organization founded in the US to stop drunk driving and curb underage drinking. It uses various tactics to achieve its goals, including legislation, victim advocacy, and education. The organization was founded in 1980 after the death of Candy Lightner’s daughter, and it has since become popular across the US.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a non-profit organization founded in the United States that focuses on the unique issue of drunk driving. Drunk driving is a major problem in many nations, resulting in serious accidents and deaths each year. The organization would like to permanently stop all drunk driving in the United States, and is approaching this goal in a number of ways. There is also a sister organization in Canada, and there are smaller branches in other nations as well.
Drunk drivers often cause car accidents because they have slower reaction times and poor judgment. Unfortunately, the victims of these car accidents are often innocent. Passengers in other cars, pedestrians, and bicyclists are just as likely to die from drunk driving as the driver. As a result, many people feel that drunk driving is irresponsible because it endangers the lives of others. In the United States, the activity is also illegal.
MADD was founded in 1980 by Candy Lightner after the death of her 13-year-old daughter, Carl. A drunk driver struck her daughter as she was walking down the street in Sacramento, California. Angered and saddened by this incident, Lightner decided to start an organization to fight drunk driving. By the mid-1980s, MADD had become extremely popular across the United States, with a huge member base to draw from.
The main goal of the organization is to stop all drunk driving. The organization also later added a measure to curb underage drinking to its mission statement. The organization uses a number of sometimes controversial tactics to achieve these goals. MADD’s critics have argued that the organization sometimes curtails civil liberties in its quest to stop drunk driving. Supporters argue that being killed by a drunk driver is an even more severe restriction on civil liberties, for the victim.
One of the fields in which MADD is extremely active is drunk driving legislation. The organization is responsible for national legislation that penalizes drunk driving more uniformly across all states, and also increases the severity of the punishment. The group pushed for a lowering of the legal blood-alcohol limit to .08, for example, and supports heavier fines and sentencing for offenders. MADD also supports a strong crackdown on repeat offenders.
In addition, MADD is involved in victim advocacy and education. The organization helps victims of drunk driving, along with survivors, in a number of ways. MADD advocates for victim impact statements in drunk driving lawsuits, organizes massive ad campaigns to raise awareness about drunk driving, and also educates people in schools and driver education programs. The organization claims that there has been a significant decrease in alcohol-related accidents since its founding in 1980.
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