Support from Organizations
"In November 1983, the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving, following in the footsteps of MADD, the National Safety Council (NSC), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), and the NTSB, formally recommended establishing a national drinking age of twenty-one in order to improve traffic safety" (Grant, 1984).
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Support from Vehicle and Insurance Companies
“These research findings played a key role in reversing the trend toward lower MLDAs. The justification for the FUDAA (Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act), espoused by organizations like the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving, the American Medical Association, and the National Safety Council, was that higher MLDAs resulted in fewer traffic fatalities among 18-20 year olds” (Males, 1986).
“Both NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) and the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) weighed in with written reports and testimony before Congressional subcommittees, which held several hearings on drunk driving and teenage drinking” (Grant, 1984).
"The evidence is overwhelming this it will reduce the number of fatalities and injuries," Robert Ouellet, a spokesman for the American Automobile Association's Hartford office told the hearing [in 1984]" (Madden, 1986).
"The wine and spirits group of the Alco Standard Corporation, which produces and distributes alcoholic beverages, attaches this reminder to the labels of its beverages" "Enjoy in Moderation" (Kleinfield, 1984).
"Although distillers and brewers try to sell Americans as much whisky and beer as they can many of these companies are openly aligning themselves with moderation campaigns. The distillers and brewers do this as a way to show concern about drunken driving and also to limit attacks on the alcoholic beverage industry" (Kleinfield, 1984).