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Abstract: 

Drinking alcoholic beverages and driving automobiles is nothing new; it was reported as early as 1904. The unfortunate truth is that our society, until the late 1970s, tolerated this practice from the motoring public. But since the advent of the Alcohol Safety Action Projects (ASAP) in the 1970s and the rise of citizen activist groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID), Americans today do not tolerate impaired driving. This article looks at Victim Impact Panels and their effect on drunk drivers through a Victim Impact Panel Survey.

Keywords: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD); Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID); DUI/DWI; STOP-DWI; Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS);

Affiliations:  1: Editor; 2: City of Watervliet, NY, Police Department.