Maryland Remembers Memorial is an annual event honoring the lives of friends and family victimized by drunk driving. This year's event is scheduled for December 5, 2007 at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. For more information, contact Liza Aguila-Lemaster at laguilalemaster@sha.state.md.us.
Provides a free ride home for those who have no other way to
avoid getting behind the wheel while intoxicated.
Of 651 traffic fatalities in Maryland in 2006, 268 of them (41 percent) were alcohol-related.
In 2006, more than 25,100 people were arrested for DUI in Maryland, with over 15,000 of these people losing their driving privileges.
More Marylanders were arrested in 2006 for drunk driving than the combined populations of Bel Air, Chevy Chase, Crisfield and La Plata.
Nearly two out of every five Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related traffic crash in their lifetime.
Nationally, each year, about 534,000 people suffer injuries in alcohol-related traffic crashes, an average of one person injured every minute. About 40,000 of these are serious injuries.
Check out these Web sites for more information on impaired driving prevention:
MADD – Mothers Against Drunk Driving
http://www.madd.org
Stopping drunk driving, supporting victims and preventing underage drinking.
SADD – Students Against Destructive Decisions
http://www.sadd.org
Providing students with prevention and intervention tools to deal with underage drinking, impaired driving and other destructive decisions.