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Abstract: 

Both alcohol and the automobile are interwoven in American society. As early as 1904, the Quarterly Journal of Inebriety reported that a large segment of automobile drivers involved in fatal collisions had been intoxicated by drink. (STOP DWI…Successful Responses to Drunk Driving (D. Foley, ed. Lexington Press 1986).) Since then, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a drug has become a worldwide phenomenon leading to endless loss of life. Yet, New York State did not get really serious about drunk driving until the 1981-1982 regular session of the Legislature when STOP-DWI legislation was introduced. The STOP-DWI law was enacted on November 28, 1981, and county programs were first implemented in 1982. This article looks at the STOP-DWI program and the legislation enacted under it during the past 25 years.

Keywords: Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID); Preventing Alcohol Related Killings in Tompkins [County] (PARK-IT); Citizens Against Drunk Driving (CADD); Rochester Against Intoxicated Driving (RAID); MADD;

Affiliations:  1: Editor.