New Insurance Institute for Highway Safety poll shows support for advanced technologies to stop drunk driving
Sep
17
2009
Information released from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety today indicate most Americans support the use of advanced technologies that would prevent drivers from starting their vehicles if...
Research, News Responses, Hardcore Drunk Driving
Binge drinking and the hardcore drunk driver
Sep
02
2009
In 2008, the median BAC of someone arrested for drunk driving was .16, according to drunk driving statistics provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It takes a considerable...
Drunk Driving, Hardcore Drunk Driving, Research
Drunk driving fatalities fall to lowest recorded level ever
Jul
07
2009
Recent data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows a considerable decrease in the number of alcohol-impaired traffic fatalities.  The 2008 Traffic Safety...
Hardcore Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving
In the News
Apr
26
2009
Everyone should take a minute to listen to what Clarence Gage of Wisconsin has to say in this video clip. He's been caught drunk driving 18 times. As the article notes, he has been driving drunk for...
Public Policy, News Responses, Judicial Education, Hardcore Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving
The Century Council Presents Panel on Judicial Education at Lifesavers
Mar
25
2009
The Century Council will be participating in the 2009 Lifesavers Conference from March 29th through April 1st, at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, TN.   As part of the conference'...
Judicial Education, Hardcore Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving, Events
Solutions to Hardcore Drunk Driving
Feb
18
2009
Together with the Congressional Stop DUI Caucus, The Century Council teamed up with its partners to present joint recommendations to Congress this week in a briefing for Congressional staff. One of...
Public Policy, Hardcore Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving, Events
Ignition Interlocks: What You Should Know
Feb
03
2009
In 1997, The Century Council first released a comprehensive resource and launched its initiative to address the hardcore drunk driver problem in this country. The National Hardcore Drunk Driver...
Drunk Driving, Hardcore Drunk Driving, Partners, Public Policy, Research
In the News: Mom Loses 3 Children In Crash, Forgives Driver
Jan
28
2009
This heartbreaking story highlights an issue that many prosecutors across the country grapple with every day – what is the most effective punishment for someone convicted of DUI? Suspensions, fines,...
News Responses, Hardcore Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving
Tribute to Kevin Quinlan
Jan
23
2009
Kevin Quinlan was a founding and key member of the Coalition to Fight Hardcore Drunk Driving which is a collaborative effort to create synergy between various organizations' with similar goals and...
News Responses, Judicial Education, Hardcore Drunk Driving
DWI Deaths: Is it Murder?
Jan
05
2009
Last night Bob Simon of CBS's 60 Minutes ran a story called "DWI Deaths: Is it Murder?". Martin Heidgen, a drunk driver who ran into a limo carrying the Flynn family in July 2005,...
News Responses, Judicial Education, Hardcore Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving

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