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MN DWI Consequences: Impaired Driving Penalties and Sanctions

Provides details regarding criminal and administrative penalties and sanctions for DWI arrest.

Download the pamphlet for free from the MN Department of Public Safety's Website (PDF).

Maximum order quantity limited to 50.

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Southwestern and South Central Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

New Ulm, MN
April 19, 2012

The goal of the Southwestern/South Central TZD workshop is to provide information on traffic safety issues and enhance community traffic safety programs.

Curriculum in a Box: Alcohol (5 DVDs and workbooks)

Video Rental--Not for Purchase

Contains the following items: Dangers of Alcohol PowerPoint; Confronting Drunk Driving DVD (26min); Everything You Need to Know About Alcohol in 22 Minutes DVD (22min); No Safe Amount: Women, Alcohol, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome DVD (18min); Straight Talk: The Truth About Alcohol and Sex DVD (18min); and Too Much: The Extreme Dangers of Binge Drinking DVD (26min). A teacher's resource book is also included.

2010, DVD

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DUI: The Hard Truth - With Workbook

Video Rental--Not for Purchase

This video features interviews with medical professionals, victim's families, and drunk drivers who share how drunk driving has impacted their lives. A teacher's workbook is also included with a number of activity sheets.

2008, DVD, 29 Minutes

Please note that video rentals are subject to availability.  To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634

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Presidential Proclamation -- National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 2011

December 5, 2011

Though we have made progress in the fight to reduce drunk driving, our Nation continues to suffer an unacceptable loss of life from traffic accidents that involve drugs, alcohol, and distracted driving.  To bring an end to these heartbreaking outcomes, we must take action by promoting rigorous enforcement measures and effective substance abuse prevention programs.

Driving Under the Influence: A Deadly Decision

Provides overview of drug-impaired driving. Includes an outline of drug types and their affects. Also details Minnesota’s drug-impaired driving laws and the consequences of driving impaired.

Download an electronic version for free (PDF).

Maximum order quantity limited to 50.

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Alcohol Math: Who Gets Drunk and Why

August 2, 2011

How much alcohol does it take to get intoxicated?  Many people figure a few beers at a ballgame or a couple of glasses of wine with dinner won't put them over the legal limit for driving. But how alcohol affects people is highly individual, with a number of factors in the mix.

Police: Driver in fatal Eau Claire crash had been 'huffing' aerosol

July 28, 2011

Eau Claire police say the driver of a pickup truck that crossed the median on U.S. 53 and collided head-on with another vehicle, killing him and an 89-year-old Chippewa Falls woman in the other vehicle, had been "huffing" aerosol keyboard cleaner just before the crash.

Police: 'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn was drunk and driving over 132 mph

June 23, 2011

"Jackass" star Ryan Dunn was drunk and speeding up to 140 mph when his 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 crashed and caught fire on a Pennsylvania highway early Monday, police said Wednesday.

Driving While Buzzed: No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe Behind the Wheel

June 22, 2011

A new study published in the journal Addiction suggests that there is no such thing as a safe BAC, and that driving after consuming even a small amount of alcohol — just one beer, for instance — is associated with incapacitating injury and death.

Community Approaches to Impaired Driving

July 7, 2011
3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT

In this interactive workshop, participants will review current research about the problem of impaired driving and the strategies that have been found to be most effective in addressing the problem.

Working to Get Drugged Drivers Off the Road

This two-page fact sheet provides data, resources, programs, and local solutions in regards to drugged driving.  OJJDP, November 2010.

DWI Cost Poster

This poster breaks down costs attached to a DWI conviction.  (8.5” x 11”) 

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Not A Drop (Insert/Bookmark)

Explains briefly the consequence of drinking in Minnesota if you're under 21 years of age. (1 pp, DPS)

Maximum order quantity limited to 50.

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Belts are Optional. Seat Belts Aren't.

Message: Belts are Optional. Seat Belts Aren’t.   (18x24 inches)

Maximum order quantity limited to 50.

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Sentencing and Dispositions of Youth DUI and Other Alcohol Offenses: A Guide for Judges and Prosecutors

This Guide is intended to help judges and prosecutors to more effectively sanction juveniles and youths for alcohol-related offenses, work more cooperatively with administrative agencies and community organizations, and define a role for themselves outside the courtroom in preventing underage drinking and other alcohol-related offenses.

Access an online version from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Website.

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Guide to Zero Tolerance and Graduated Licensing: Two Strategies That Work

This guide provides information on two of the key strategies for reducing impaired driving among youth: Zero Tolerance laws and graduated licensing systems.  This guide can be used by anyone who seeks to understand these two key issues. (OJJDP, 1999, 19 pp.) 

Download an online version from the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center's Website.

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A Guide for Enforcing Impaired Driving Laws for Youth

This guide provides information for policy makers, enforcement agencies, and concerned citizens on implementing strategies to reduce impaired driving among youth.  (OJJDP, 1998, 12 pp.)

Access an online edition from the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center's Website.

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Alcohol-Related Traffic Risk Behaviors Common Among College Students; Increase Significantly When They Reach Age 21

College students are significantly more likely to drink and drive after they turn 21, according to the College Life Study, a longitudinal study of undergraduate students attending a large mid-Atlantic university.