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APPENDIX B – Internet Resources for Impaired DrivingAmerican Association of Motor VehicleAdministrators: www.aamva.org/The American Association of Motor VehicleAdministrators is a tax-exempt, non-profit organizationstriving to develop model programs in motorvehicle administration, police traffic services, andhighway safety. AAMVA represents the state andprovincial officials in the United States and Canadawho administer and enforce motor vehicle laws. Theassociation’s programs encourage uniformity andreciprocity among the states and provinces, andliaisons with other levels of government and theprivate sector. Its program development andresearch activities provide guidelines for moreeffective public service.BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network:www.friendsdrivesober.orgThe BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer EducationNetwork is an international association of collegeand university based peer education programsfocusing on alcohol abuse prevention and otherrelated student health and safety issues.The Century Council: www.centurycouncil.orgThe Century Council is a national organizationdedicated to reducing drunk driving and underagedrinking problems. Funded by America's leadingdistillers, the Council implements its programs throughpartners to create local coalitions of people,including liquor store owners, police officers, collegepresidents, beverage alcohol distributors, parents,youth, and others, depending on the needs ofindividual communities.Governors Highway Safety Association:www.ghsa.org/The Governors Highway Safety Association is anon-profit association that represents the highwaysafety programs of states and territories on the"human behavioral aspects" of highway safety.Areas of focus include occupant protection,impaired driving, and speed enforcement, as well asmotorcycle, school bus, pedestrian, and bicyclesafety, and traffic records.Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: www.iihs.orgThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is anindependent, non-profit, scientific and educationalorganization dedicated to reducing the losses—deaths, injuries, and property damage—from crasheson the nation's highways. Impaired driving is one ofthe many human behaviors the institute studies.International Association of Chiefs of Police:www.theiacp.org/The International Association of Chiefs of Police isthe world's oldest and largest non-profit membershiporganization of police executives, with over 20,000members in over 89 different countries. IACP'sleadership consists of the operating chief executivesof international, federal, state, and local agencies ofall sizes.Mothers Against Drunk Driving: www.madd.orgMothers Against Drunk Driving is a non-profitgrass-roots organization with more than 600 chaptersnationwide. MADD is not a crusade against alcoholconsumption. Its focus is to look for effectivesolutions to the drunk driving and underage drinkingproblems, while supporting those who have alreadyexperienced the pain of these senseless crimes.Mothers Against Drunk Driving: www.madd.caMothers Against Drunk Driving, Canada.National Association of State Judicial Educators DUIResource Center: www.nasje.org/The purpose of this site is to help state and localjudges and judicial educators find useful and currentresources for handling cases or providing judicialtraining on impaired driving and other traffic safetyissues. The site offers judges access to articles,benchbooks, protocols, and other resources forunderstanding the nature and impacts of impaireddriving, and for reviewing the admissibility of fieldsobriety and chemical tests, conducting DUI trials,imposing sentences or treatment programs, andhandling other proceedings.National Commission Against Drunk Driving:www.ncadd.com/The National Commission Against Drunk Drivingconsists of a broad-based coalition of public andprivate sector organizations and other concernedindividuals who are working together to reduceimpaired driving and its tragic consequences.National District Attorneys Association:www.ndaa.org/apri/programs/traffic/ntlc_home.htmlThe National District Attorneys Association’sNational Traffic Law Center (NTLC) is a resourcedesigned to benefit prosecutors and their trafficsafety partners. The mission of the NTLC is to improvethe quality of justice in traffic safety adjudications byincreasing the awareness of highway safety issues,with an emphasis on impaired driving, through thecompilation, creation, and dissemination of legaland technical information and by providing training,technical assistance, and reference services toprosecutors and other allied professionals.National Drug Court Institute: www.ndci.orgAfter a decade of success with Drug Courts, anew strategy is emerging that utilizes the Drug Courtmodel with impaired drivers, particularly with repeatoffenders. DWI (or DUI) Court is a distinct court systemdedicated to changing the behavior of the alcohol -dependant offenders arrested for Driving WhileImpaired (DWI) or Driving Under the Influence (DUI).25
APPENDIX B – Internet Resources for Impaired DrivingDWI/DUI Courts utilize all criminal justice stakeholders(judge, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation,law enforcement, and others) coupled with alcoholor drug treatment professionals to hold offenders atthe highest level of accountability while receivinglong-term, intensive treatment and compliancemonitoring.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:www.nhtsa.dot.govThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationhas a network of regional Law EnforcementLiaison (LEL) officers covering all 50 states andterritories. The LEL officer is responsible for providingsupport and information to state and local departmentson all NHTSA programs and initiatives. For acomplete list of the current NHTSA LELs, see the postingon the Library page at www.SobrietyTesting.org.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:www.stopimpaireddriving.orgAn NHTSA Web site dedicated specifically for lawenforcement of impaired driving laws. The siteincludes a calendar of national events relative toimpaired driving enforcement campaigns.National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism:www.niaaa.nih.gov/The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse andAlcoholism provides leadership in the national effortto reduce alcohol-related problems by conductingand supporting research in a wide range of scientificareas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology,health risks and benefits of alcoholconsumption, prevention, and treatment; coordinatingand collaborating with other researchinstitutes and federal programs on alcohol-relatedissues; collaborating with international, national,state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies,and programs engaged in alcohol-related work; andtranslating and disseminating research findings tohealth care providers, researchers, policymakers,and the public.National Sheriffs’ Association: www.sheriffs.org/The National Sheriffs' Association is a non-profitorganization dedicated to raising the level ofprofessionalism among those in the criminal justicefield. Through the years, NSA has been involved innumerous programs to enable sheriffs, their deputies,chiefs of police, and others in the field of criminaljustice to perform their jobs in the best possiblemanner and to better serve the people of theircity/counties or jurisdictions.National Sobriety Testing Resource Center:www.sobrietytesting.orgProvides a comprehensive source of informationregarding standardized field sobriety testing, training,and certification for authorized and active lawenforcement practitioners and instructors. The NSTRCis a cooperative effort of the National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S.Department of Transportation and the InternationalAssociation of Directors of Law EnforcementStandards and Training (IADLEST).National Transportation Safety Board: www.ntsb.gov/The National Transportation Safety Board is oneof the world's foremost accident investigationagencies. Their job is to find out what causestransportation accidents, and to recommend safetyimprovements to prevent them from recurring.Impaired driving is one of the NTSB’s focus areas.NTSB can and frequently does testify before statelegislative committees as long as the Board has arecommendation on the subject.Recording Artists, Actors, and Athletes Against DrunkDriving: www.radd.orgRADD works with celebrities to promote soberdriving. With over 400 members, RADD askscelebrities to record PSAs and other promotionalmaterials emphasizing alternatives and sober driving.Students Against Destructive Decisions:www.sadd.orgSADD is a program that was developed toencourage students and parents to band together inthe fight against drinking and driving. Financialsupport from the public and from private sectors hasallowed SADD to spread to all 50 states, Canada,and beyond.Traffic Injury Research Foundation:www.trafficinjuryresearch.com/index.cfmThe mission of the Traffic Injury ResearchFoundation is to reduce traffic-related deaths andinjuries. It achieves its mission by designing,promoting, and implementing effective programsand policies, based on sound research.Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center:www.udetc.orgFunded by the Office of Juvenile Justice andDelinquency Prevention, the Center for EnforcingUnderage Drinking Laws provides training, technicalassistance, and resource materials to states andcommunities as they implement the EnforcingUnderage Drinking Laws national initiative.26
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