Why We Exist
Because we are sick and tired of people dying and getting injured by
drunk drivers. In getting to know some of the MADD representatives,
we learned that wrecks caused by drunk drivers are not properly
called "accidents." Collisions? Okay. Wrecks? Okay. But not
"accidents," because someone does not "accidentally" get drunk;
someone who is drunk does not "accidentally" crank a car up; and
someone who is drunk does not "accidentally" get up onto a highway
and slam a vehicle into innocent motorists or pedestrians.
Because it is both heart-breaking and sickening that more than 42%
of all highway deaths in Alabama in 2007 were alcohol-related; 475
children of God, 475 of our friends and neighbors -- 475 people's lives
ended in alcohol-related highway deaths. In the hands of a drunk
driver, "a car becomes a weapon," said Col. Chris Murphy, Director of
the Alabama Department of Public Safety. SOURCE: 8/25/08
Birmingham News, "Alcohol Involved in 42% of State's '07 Road
Deaths," p. 1A (citing Ala. Dep't of Public Safety statistics)
Because, despite the courageous and outstanding work of our
troopers and law enforcement officers, 42 states have lower
alcohol-related road fatality rates per million vehicle-miles traveled.
SOURCE: 8/25/08 Birmingham News, "Alcohol Involved in 42% of
State's '07 Road Deaths," p. 1A (citing Ala. Dep't of Public Safety
statistics)
Because the number of alcohol-related highway deaths was 28%
higher in 2007 than in 2001 -- 475 in 2007, from 371 in 2001.
We commend Governor Riley for funding new equipment to help law
enforcement curb this tragedy. We commend our troopers and all of
law enforcement for the risks they take every moment of every day to
combat this plague. But the battle cannot be won by the governor and
law enforcement alone. Read the next tab -- "Talk to Your Kids" --
whether you have kids or not. Learn about the problem. Teach
someone. Talk about the problem. Print off the data and tape it up at
a school, or at church, or anywhere else you can think of. After all, you
live in Alabama -- and if you plan on using the state's highways,
wouldn't you like to know that you did your part in at least trying to
make them safer for your family?
drunk drivers. In getting to know some of the MADD representatives,
we learned that wrecks caused by drunk drivers are not properly
called "accidents." Collisions? Okay. Wrecks? Okay. But not
"accidents," because someone does not "accidentally" get drunk;
someone who is drunk does not "accidentally" crank a car up; and
someone who is drunk does not "accidentally" get up onto a highway
and slam a vehicle into innocent motorists or pedestrians.
Because it is both heart-breaking and sickening that more than 42%
of all highway deaths in Alabama in 2007 were alcohol-related; 475
children of God, 475 of our friends and neighbors -- 475 people's lives
ended in alcohol-related highway deaths. In the hands of a drunk
driver, "a car becomes a weapon," said Col. Chris Murphy, Director of
the Alabama Department of Public Safety. SOURCE: 8/25/08
Birmingham News, "Alcohol Involved in 42% of State's '07 Road
Deaths," p. 1A (citing Ala. Dep't of Public Safety statistics)
Because, despite the courageous and outstanding work of our
troopers and law enforcement officers, 42 states have lower
alcohol-related road fatality rates per million vehicle-miles traveled.
SOURCE: 8/25/08 Birmingham News, "Alcohol Involved in 42% of
State's '07 Road Deaths," p. 1A (citing Ala. Dep't of Public Safety
statistics)
Because the number of alcohol-related highway deaths was 28%
higher in 2007 than in 2001 -- 475 in 2007, from 371 in 2001.
We commend Governor Riley for funding new equipment to help law
enforcement curb this tragedy. We commend our troopers and all of
law enforcement for the risks they take every moment of every day to
combat this plague. But the battle cannot be won by the governor and
law enforcement alone. Read the next tab -- "Talk to Your Kids" --
whether you have kids or not. Learn about the problem. Teach
someone. Talk about the problem. Print off the data and tape it up at
a school, or at church, or anywhere else you can think of. After all, you
live in Alabama -- and if you plan on using the state's highways,
wouldn't you like to know that you did your part in at least trying to
make them safer for your family?
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This website is sponsored by Lawrence T. King, Lindsey O. Simmons, and D. Alexander
Ealy of the Birmingham law firm, King Simmons, P.C. No representation is made that the
quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services
performed by other lawyers.
Ealy of the Birmingham law firm, King Simmons, P.C. No representation is made that the
quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services
performed by other lawyers.