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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 10, 2008 at the Maryland State House in Annapolis.
Provides a free ride home for those who have no other way to avoid getting behind the wheel while intoxicated.
SoberRide - Provides a free cab ride home, up to a $50 fare.
CheckPoint StrikeForce - Learn more about DUI laws and myths.

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Facts

Here are some facts to consider:
  • 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.
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Links

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.

Maryland Shock Trauma Center Prevention Programs http://www.umm.edu/shocktrauma/on-going.htm A variety of prevention programs for adults and adolescents.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Impaired Driving Division:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.18e416bf1b09b6bbbf30811060008a0c/
Working to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce traffic-related health care costs resulting from impaired driving.

Alcohol Q&A: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety http://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/alcohol_general.html FAQs on drunk driving, laws and related issues.

Center for Disease Control (CDC) – Impaired Driving Facts http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drving.htm Data, publications and other information involving impaired drivers.

The Century Council http://www.centurycouncil.org/ A non-profit organization dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking..