Drunk Driving

The deadliest drunk driving crash in American history took place 25 years ago. It involved a bus loaded with 62 teens and four chaperons that was hit by a pickup truck whose driver was going the wrong way. The article identified the driver of the pickup truck as Larry Mahoney. He was allegedly drunk after…

Advocates against drunk driving are becoming common as a result of the grief and suffering experienced by the immediate family members of the victims. It would seem that speaking about the tragedy has become a form of solace to these parents. They found encouragement from knowing their campaigns and efforts against drunk driving will save…

Despite some apparent recent reductions, drunk driving remains the most important identifiable fact in fatal traffic accidents across the United States. One estimate suggests more than a million drunk driving arrests occur in the United States each year. The number of fatal drunk driving accidents varies significantly from one state to another. In its annual…

In the video for a song cheesy enough to put everything else in the ‘80s to shame, Don’t Drive Drunk follows a young man’s gradual descent into inebriation from a friend’s party to a discotheque.  (Since this fellow doesn’t even stop drinking to drive from one place to the next, this is a continuous descent.) …