MADD's Georgia

chapter claims the state lacks a victims' rights constitutional amendment

and has a low testing rate of blood alcohol content on killed drivers.

MADD officials

want the state to reinstate a DUI task force and pass legislation mandating

that license suspensions for refusing to submit to a blood alcohol content

test be counted as a prior DUI offense.

Christopher

Noe, state executive director of MADD Georgia, said the state's lack of

progress reflects attention on the issue.

"It is

time to get MADD all over again and to rekindle efforts against drunk

driving the most frequently committed violent crime and underage drinking

here in our state and across the nation," Noe said. "We will

continue to work with state leaders to make drunk driving prevention a

priority in Georgia."

GuideOne is

a nonprofit foundation dedicated to eliminating the tragedy of drinking

and driving and underage drinking in America.

MADD is a grassroots

nonprofit organization whose mission is to stop drunk driving, support

the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking.

John Munford