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Shannon Sexton says Dry supporter's letter doesn't fact check

Response to: Randy Young: Drunk drivers don't think or care

By Shannon Sexton, Chair PAC

Mr. Young, your statistics seem to have originated from "Make-up Another Dishonest Dialogue" instead of "Mothers Against Drunk Driving".



Scare-Tactics only work when people don't fact check.

You state: "In 2013 in KENTUCKY a total of 1,149 children 14 and younger were killed in motor vehicle IMPAIRED-DRIVING crashes."

Fact: MADD lists information provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and I quote the NHTSA website: "In 2013, a total of 1,149 children 14 and younger were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes".

You've conveniently added the word "Kentucky" as well as the words "Impaired-Driving".

I would also like to note that the NHTSA states that Fatalities in Alcohol-Impaired driving crashes decreased 2.5% from 2012-2013. Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities have also declined by 23% in the past 10 years.

Here is the link to the NHTSA website so everyone can fact check for themselves. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812102.pdf

Shannon Sexton - PAC Chair


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