Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) began with the admirable goal of reducing drunk-driving traffic fatalities by educating the nation about the devastation caused by drunk drivers. MADD started September 9,1980 for all teens and mothers around the world. MADD’s public relations campaigns played a key role in changing the nation’s attitude about drunk driving, resulting in a huge drop-off in drunk driving deaths. Drunk Driving is the still the #1 cause of death on roadways
MADD started in September 5, 1980.The founder Candy Lightner daughter died because of a drunk driver and that's how it started .MADD recognizes that the problem of drunk driving has now largely been reduced to a "hard core of alcoholics who do not respond to public appeal. The goal of MADD was to reduce drunk driving traffic fatalities and the organization has been highly effective in raising public disapproval of drunk driving.
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