1. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE BY ASHLEY ALSBERRY

2. DUI STATS ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL-INJURY CENTER, ALMOST 30 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. DIE IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES THAT INVOLVE AN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVER. THAT MEANS THERE IS 1 DEATH EVERY 51 MINUTES.

3. ELAINA’S STORY “ EARLY MORNING ON NEW YEAR’S DAY IN 2010, 21-YEAR-OLD ELAINA LUQUIS-ORTIZ RECEIVED A CALL FROM A FRIEND WHO GOT A FLAT TIRE ON THE INTERSTATE. ELAINA WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE CAR TO HER FRIEND, AND SINCE THE INSURANCE POLICY WAS STILL IN HER NAME, SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST IF SHE MET UP WITH THEM TO SEE IF SHE COULD HELP.” “ THE THREE WERE SITTING IN ELAINA’S CAR ON THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY, WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE, WHEN A DRUNK DRIVER WITH A BAC MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT CRASHED INTO THEM. ELAINA DIED AT THE SCENE AND HER TWO FRIENDS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MAJOR INJURIES.” (MADD) ELAINA WAS ALSO 6 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD, ROMEO WHO ALSO DID NOT SURVIVE.

4. KAELY’S STORY “EARLY IN THE MORNING ON FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012, KIRK CAMACHO WAS DRIVING HIS TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS, BREE ANN AND KAELY, TO SCHOOL. AS THE GIRLS SLEPT, BREE ANN, 16, IN THE FRONT SEAT AND HER YOUNGER SISTER KAELY, 13, IN THE BACK, A DRUNK DRIVER WITH A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT WAS SPEEDING DOWN A ROAD DESIGNATED ONLY FOR BUSSES. HE RAN A RED LIGHT AND PLOWED INTO THE CAMACHOS’ MINIVAN AT ABOUT 100 MILES PER HOUR.” (MADD) “THE COLLISION TORE THE MINIVAN IN HALF. BREE ANN AND HER FATHER SURVIVED WITH INJURIES, BUT KAELY, A BRIGHT AND POPULAR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEERLEADER, WAS KILLED.” (MADD)

5. MORE DUI STATS ACCORDING TO THE CDC-INJURY CENTER, IN 2013, 10,076 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING CRASHES, WHICH IS ALMOST 1/3 OR 31% OF ALL TRAFFIC RELATED DEATHS IN THE U.S. CDC-INJURY CENTER SAYS THAT IN THE SAME YEAR, OF THE 1,149 TRAFFIC DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN AGES 0 TO 14, 200 INVOLVED AN ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVER AND OVER HALF OF THE 200 CHILDREN, WERE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE IMPAIRED DRIVER.

6. ALTERNATIVES TO DRINKING AND DRIVING 1. TAKE A TAXI 2. UTILIZE RIDE SERVICES (UBER/LYFT) FIND A CHEAP MOTEL IN THE AREA WHERE YOU WILL BE DRINKING APPOINT A DESIGNATED DRIVER KNOW YOUR LIMITS!!!

7. WORKS CITED "MADD - UNDERAGE DRINKING STATISTICS." MADD - UNDERAGE DRINKING STATISTICS. WEB. 8 DEC. 2015. "DRUNK DRIVING DEATH RATES US MAP." CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, 21 JAN. 2015. WEB. 5 DEC. 2015. "MADD - ARCHIVES." MADD - ARCHIVES. WEB. 5 DEC. 2015.