Drunk Driving Quiz

Has annual drunk driving rates increased or decreased in recent years?

• Yes
• No

Yes! The Annual drunk driving fatalities of 10,076 are down from the 10,322 of the previous year (2014-2015)

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How many states have adapted the ignition interlock law?

• 50
• 24
• 12
• 40

24! The ignition interlock law is the law stating that all repeat DUI offenders who repeatedly decline BAC tests must install devices requiring them to take a breath test before their vehicle will start. 

• Should more states have this?
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What does MADD stand for?

• More Alcohol for Drunk Drivers
• Making Advances twords Drunk Driving
• Many Alcoholics Drink and Drive
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Mothers against drunk driving (MADD) are strong activists towards ending drunk driving. Their president stated “Every single one of these deaths is preventable, and yet the nation seems to be complacent and even accepting of the fact that one out of three traffic deaths on the roads is caused by a drunk driver." 

• - Jan Withers, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Irving, Texas
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MADD's efforts include making changes towards...

• Increasing roadblocks
• increased penalties for charged
• minimizing plea bargains
• all of the above

All of the above! MADD's efforts have lead to police organizations using more of their resources to reduce drunk driving accidents

• But still, National Academy of Sciences, attributes roughly 25 percent of fatal accidents to intoxication
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Journal of Studies in Alcohol indicated that increasing the penalties for drunk driving was almost totally_____ in reducing accidents

• Affective
• Ineffective

Ineffective! Most alcohol-related traffic deaths occur when other important causal factors are present such as

• fatigue, inexperience, poorly lit and badly designed roads
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