For this study, the university's Institutional Review Board approved a series of questions related to using alcohol or other drugs, and being or using a
designated driver. Participation in the study was anonymous and voluntary.
It is our mission to get those numbers down to zero with public education, promotion of
designated drivers, and the help of the Massachusetts State and local police.
The Facebook application is designed to make it easier to organize rides for upcoming events, by allowing adults to volunteer to be the
designated driver or having the application randomly select one for the group.
The HERO Campaign promotes the use of a
designated driver and was established by the family of Ensign John Elliott who was killed by a drunken driver in 2000, two months after graduating from the U.S.
"People do the right thing by catching a taxi home or arranging a lift with a
designated driver, only to spoil it by getting in their car at seven o'clock the next day."
To deliver its new
designated driver message, A-B used celebrity Cedric "The Entertainer," who has appeared in Bud Light commercials.
He thought it would be better to allow his friend's son--who was 12 at the time--to be his
designated driver. The child was taken home by ECO Hunt while the impaired adult was taken into custody by the New York State Police.
The "Drink Smart" 2-seater Car, driven by Wheldon and Michael Andretti, is present at all the IndyCar Series events and is meant to emphasize the importance of responsible consumption of beverage alcohol products as well as the necessity of using a
designated driver.
Brownells simply named it their
Designated Driver. A more appropriate sobriquet would read something like--handy dandy life saving skinned knuckle preventing stress reducing all in one screwdriver.
Now, Brownells has brought us some kits designed with specific guns in mind and a very handy gadget called the "
Designated Driver" that will hold four -- count 'em, four -- Magna-Tip bits.
How CASA and its journalistic
designated driver, The New York Times, handled the screw up reveals a lot about America's ongoing war between wets and drys.
In 1988, Jay Winsten, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the director of the school's Center for Health Communication, conceived a plan to use television to introduce a new social concept--the "
designated driver"--to North America.
In 1980, the Harvard Alcohol Project convinced the writers of more than 160 prime-time episodes to introduce the new concept of the "
designated driver." A year later, 67 percent of adults surveyed recognized the term and in 1991, it was added to Webster's College Dictionary.
Still, acknowledging that many teens do drink, the program encourages them not to drink and drive, much like the adult-oriented
Designated Driver campaign.
I consider the CFO the "
designated driver" in any company.