Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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Quotes
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“Even MADD’s founder thinks the group has gone too far. ‘I think they’ve become far more neoprohibitionist over the years.’” — Candace Lightner, as quoted in Investor’s Business Daily, September 2000
“‘I thought the emphasis on .08 laws was not where the emphasis should have been placed,’ Candace Lightner [founder and former president of MADD] said. ‘The majority of crashes occur with high blood-alcohol levels, the .15, .18 and .25 drinkers. Lowering the blood-alcohol concentration was not a solution to the alcohol problem.’” — Los Angeles Times, December 2002
“Now, she [Katherine Prescott, then MADD president] said, the problem may be down to a hard core of alcoholics who do not respond to public appeals.” — The New York Times
“We’re to the point where almost everyone knows that [he or she] shouldn’t drink and drive. The people who are still doing it are choosing to do it. The most effective way to deal with them is to arrest them.” — David Kelly, Virginia chapter of MADD, in The Washington Post, December 2002
“The only safe amount of alcohol when you are mixing driving and drinking is zero -- double zeros, no alcohol.” — Tina Pascoe, executive director of Los Angeles MADD, "Cop, MADD differ on DUI education effort," Denver Post, November 2000
“If you choose to drink, you should never drive. We will not tolerate drinking and driving -- period.”” — Former MADD president Karolyn Nunnallee, Today Show, October 1996
“There is no safe blood alcohol level, and for that reason responsible drinking means no drinking and drivng.” — Former MADD president Katherine Prescott, “MADD’s Mission is to Save Lives,” Chicago Tribune, February 1997
“Candy Lightner, MADD’s founder, says she disassociated herself from the movement in 1985 because she believed the organization was headed in the wrong direction. ‘It has become far more neo-prohibitionist than I had ever wanted or envisioned,’ said Mrs. Lightner, who founded MADD after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver. ‘I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving.’” — The Washington Times, August 2002
“It’s not okay to put the keys in the car when you’ve been drinking, forget the limits on BAC. It’s just not acceptable to drink and drive. Period.” — MADD fundraising letter
“While a lot of attention is paid to the serious problems of repeat offenders, we don’t want to overlook the casual drinker.” — Karolyn Nunnallee, former president of MADD, USA Today, December 1998
“Lowering the legal arrest standard will be a deterrent for light drinkers as well as heavy drinkers.” — Katherine Prescott, then MADD’s president, in a 1998 USA Today story
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