 Designated Drivers Association (DDA)
The
Designated Drivers Association
(DDA) is a non-profit organization that organizes teams of
volunteers to provide impaired drivers with a free
ride home for both them and their vehicles. DDA
recognized that many people didn't avail themselves of
other designated driver programs because it would
require a morning-after trip to retrieve one's car.
The DDA addressed this issue by creating a system
where volunteers work as a team: one volunteer to
drive the impaired person home in their own car, and
the other to follow in a separate car, in order to
drive the first volunteer home.
The DDA does not
charge for this service (although gratuities are
cheerfully accepted). The benefits of the DDA are
obvious: by removing the chief objection to other
designated driver programs, and rendering the services
free of charge, the DDA encourages impaired drivers to
stay off of the road at no inconvenience to
themselves.
DUI LAWS recognizes this innovative effort
by the DDA, and is committed to working closely with
the Designated Drivers Association to help them spread
their free service throughout the United States. DUI
LAWS will continue to support the DDA by inviting them
to participate in any DUI LAWS events. Since both DUI
LAWS and the DDA aim to help decrease the number of
alcohol related arrests and accidents, it's a natural
fit for both organizations to work together.
The DDA's goals are:
- Increase public awareness of the dangers of
driving while impaired.
- Educate people about the positive choices they
can make concerning impaired driving.
- Reduce the
number of impaired drivers on the roads and
highways thus preventing injuries, deaths and saving
the community millions of dollars.
- Further understanding of the DDA- a positive,
proactive, unique alternative to impaired driving.
- Establish a Scholarship Fund - to help children
whose lives have been affected by DUI tragedies.
We at DUI LAWS consider these laudable
goals. Our own goals are not in conflict; our
association of qualified lawyers are not lobbying on
behalf of the impaired driver. Rather, the skilled
defense lawyer exists for the sole purpose of ensuring
that no person is convicted unless the government
meets its burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt. If someone is truly impaired, they should not
be driving.
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