Before MADD, there was little education in the schools about alcohol or impaired driving.
To learn more about impaired driving and how all of us can work to prevent it, visit www.
"Most Americans think that we've solved the problem of impaired driving, but in fact, it's still a national epidemic, " NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said.
Extra police have been drafted in for the event, which gets under way on Saturday, and will be looking for signs of impaired driving.
As Americans gather with friends and family to share in the holiday season, National Impaired Driving Prevention Month reminds us of the importance of celebrating safely.
To reduce the prevalence of impaired driving, my Administration is working to raise public awareness, improve impaired driving screening procedures, and ensure law enforcement officers get the training they need.
Families play an essential part in stopping impaired driving.
An Iowa-based trucking company, which employed Page from April 2006 to August 2010, said it fired him as a driver for violating company policy regarding impaired driving, which also applied to personal vehicles.
The problem is so deadly that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has placed substance-impaired driving on its annual Most Wanted List highlighting the most critical changes needed to reduce transportation accidents and save lives.
WHITEHOUSE: Drunk and Drugged Driving: Not an Acceptable Part of Life
As we move into 2013, the NTSB will continue to work with Federal agencies like ONDCP and continue advocating for measures that will push us towards the goal of zero highway deaths due to substance-impaired driving.
WHITEHOUSE: Drunk and Drugged Driving: Not an Acceptable Part of Life
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 2012 as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month.
Barr-Nunn Transportation, in a statement Monday, said Page was dismissed after he received an impaired-driving citation in North Carolina while driving a personal vehicle on his own time.
Moreover, according to former police chief and drug control expert Joseph McNamara, the possession of a controlled substance without a prescription placed me in legal jeopardy (especially had I been driving while impaired).
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