He was the architect of the Designated Driver Campaign to substitute sober drivers for drinking ones to help reduce automobile accidents.

The rules require only the use of a road-legal car costing under $500 with a sober driver.

Why is a driver who has been drinking more likely to have an accident that a sober driver?

Seven percent of the dead - more than 1,000 people - were sober drivers of other vehicles.

If your route involves traveling by car, designate a sober driver (to serve as the "caddie") or take a cab.

You must be a sober driver!

In both cases, the risk of a collision was three to six times higher compared to a sober driver not using a cell phone.

MADD does recommend designating a sober driver among a group, because alcohol impairs good decision making about driving, she said.

The likelihood of being involved in a crash is six times that of a sober driver.

It also encourages others to designate a sober driver before drinking.