Is Your Child a Safe Rider?

 

In 2016, 54% of the children under the age of 14 who died in vehicle crashes were passengers in a car with an impaired driver and 65% were unrestrained. It is back to school season - kids may be riding with more drivers than just their parents. Now is a good time to talk to them about safety when riding with other people. MADD has some tips to help you ensure your children are prepared to be safe riders.

Congresswoman Dingell Proposes Legislation to Make Alcohol Detection Technology Standard on All New Vehicles

 

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell of Michigan introduced federal legislation that would make advanced alcohol detection technology a standard feature on all new vehicles and fund a government test fleet of vehicles equipped with this technology. Read more here.

More People Killed in Car Crashes This Century than in Both World Wars

 

The Washington Post reports that more than 624,000 people died in car crashes, easily eclipsing the 535,000 American military personnel who died in World War I and World War II. More than 30 million people were injured in those crashes.

 

In almost 213,000 of those fatal crashes through 2017, the most recent year available, the drivers were above the legal limit for drinking and driving — a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that a decline in drunken driving crashes slowed in the mid-1990s.

Calendar

 

MADD Regional Law Enforcement Awards Ceremonies

9/5 – Harrisonburg- JMU Festival Center

9/6 -  Vinton- Vinton War Memorial

9/10 – Virginia Beach -  New Location:Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterside Hotel

9/12 – Charlottesville/Staunton- Michie Tavern

9/19 – Abingdon – Southwest VA Higher Education Center

9/24 – Northern Virginia- New Location:GMU Potomac Science Center

9/27 – Stratford Hall – Stratford Hall

10/3 – Richmond – Hilton Richmond Hotel and Spa - Short Pump

10/24 – Clarksville – Lamplighter Restaurant

TBD – Farmville – Farmville Train Station

For more information, contact jamie.jarrard@madd.org  

10/12  Northern Virginia Walk Like MADD

11/18 Richmond Candlelight Vigil of Hope and Remembrance -Lewis Ginter Botanical    Gardens. Pictures from last year.

TBA – Virginia Beach Candlelight Vigil

Impaired Driving Stories in the News

 

7/6/19 Jack Leabhart, 65, Colonial Heights

7/21/19 Andrew Mattus Harcum III, 20, Louisa

7/24/19 Antonio Gray, 35, Fairfax

Tractor Trailer Charged with DUI in Chesterfield Crash

Charlottesville Filmmaker Killed in Michigan Crash

DUID Crash in Hampton Roads