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IMPACT DWI Forum 100 turn out to talk DWI Deterrence - July 1, 2009

About 100 people attended a DWI forum on on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at the Santa Fe Community College to listen to and share some of their own suggestions of how to stop drunk driving.

The forum came 10 days after four Santa Fe teens were killed in an accident police say was caused by a drunken driver.

Dr. Richard Roth, executive director of Impact DWI, listens to Sgt. Joe McLaughlin, lead investigator on DWI crashes with the sheriff’s Department, at a forum Wednesday on combating drunken driving.

Click Here to view 227 suggestions in pdf printable format.

Click here to view Follow-up Meeting on Proposals to Reduce DWI - July 15, 2009



GET INVOLVED! Become a leader!
For additional Information on how to get involved on any of these proposals, contact Dr. Richard Roth, PhD by mail or simply drop us an e-mail @ ImpactDWI@msn.com



MADD New Mexico 2010, National President’s Awards winners!
Congratulations to Dick Roth - from MADD New Mexico! He has been selected for the Ralph Hingson Research in Practice Award for his research on both New Mexico’s interlock law and interlock use in general. Roth’s work serves as part of the groundwork for making an effective case for mandatory interlock laws across the U.S.