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The Resume

    (May 30, 1946- )
    Organizer and Founder of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
    As of 2009, a real estate agent in Alexandria, Virginia

Why she might be annoying:

    Her group is the reason why the legal drinking age in every US state is 21.
    She left the very group she founded in 1984.
    She divorced her first husband.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her daughter Cari was killed by a drunk driver in 1980.
    Her daughter's killer's lenient prison sentence, and previous DUI convictions, led her to found MADD.
    She left MADD in 1984 because she felt it became 'more prohibitionist' than she hoped. Some members wanted arrests for drivers with even a .01 BAC.
    Her intention with MADD was to raise awareness and lobby for tougher anti-DUI laws.
    Since founding MADD, the number of American alcohol-related auto fatalities has dropped from 21,000 in 1980 to 13,000 in 2007.

Credit: Insane In Da Brain


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 39.39% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 38.89% Annoying