Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, December 14, 1992, Page 12, Image 12

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of my crash, the policemen
didn't do me a favor. Let's hope
the policemen and the court
system did you a favor by sen
tencing you to listen to us to
night."
Before he spoke to the crowd.
Durrant said it took him several
years after his crash to com
pletely stop drinking and to
turn his experience into some
thing positive for others.
"It was about four years after
my crash before I stopped to re
alize thwasn't an unlucky thing
happening to an unlucky guy."
said Durrani, who is also in
volvod with MAUL) and has
spoken to hundreds of thou
sands of people over the years
"It was a very obvious tiling
that was happening, i always
thought my accident was an ac
cident Rut in actuality, it was a
crash that was stupid. It didn’t
need to be."
Durrani said he tries to relate
to the people at the panels bv
telling them that, oven if they
never hurt anyone but them
selves. drinking and driving is
not a victimless crime
"I have a Iwo-yeur-old son
and I've never thrown him up
in the air and caught him and
watched him laugh." Durrani
tells ihn crowd "i'll never do
that because of the choices I
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stand behind him and teach
him how to swing a ha! I'll
never put up a basketball hoop
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"You drink and drive, you're
going to have victims."
MADD’s efforts, tougher laws
and new approaches, such as
the panel, are helping raise
awareness and combat the
problem, Danforth said But
there are still a lot of people
getting DUlla. About 2.500 peo
ple wore arrested last year for
driving drunk.
The average age is between
20 and 24, Danforth said, in
"the rite of passage years," as
he calls them But both he and
Rico note a change in attitude
"Everyone's really become
aware." Rice said "It's just not
socially acceptable to drink and
drive anymore "
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