MADD

American  

[mad] / mæd /

noun

1. Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Example Sentences

The Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety is behind the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety project, or Dadss, a public-private initiative involving regulators and the coalition and supported by MADD.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. There is no single safety feature currently in an automobile that is being held to the same level of accuracy” that Dadss creators require for their own system, says Stephanie Manning, MADD’s chief government-affairs officer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Manning, the official at MADD, says that the risk of false positives shouldn’t stop automakers from incorporating the tech into new vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal

“While a comprehensive system is the target … the benefits of early deployment vastly exceed the value of waiting for a perfect system,” the advisory group, made up of MADD, Consumer Reports and the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, said in recommendations provided in April to the Transportation Department.

From Washington Times

“What’s circulating online is absolutely false,” said Stephanie Manning, chief government affairs officer at MADD.

From Seattle Times