#Hawaii Alcohol Policy Alliance
Celebrate safely this holiday season — ‘Think Before You Drink!’
The event is a time to come together as a community and celebrate the life of Hannah Brown, as well as all those whose lives were cut short by an impaired driver. The goal is to remind the public of the dangers of impaired driving and to ask everyone to make a wise choice this holiday season: Don’t Drive Impaired.
Mayor Bissen proclaims April 2025 as Alcohol Awareness Month
In a continued effort to protect the health, safety and well-being of residents and visitors, Mayor Richard T. Bissen, Jr. has officially proclaimed April 2025 as Alcohol Awareness Month in the County of Maui.
Hawaiʻi’s alcohol-related traffic fatality rate outpaces national average
A report from the Hawaiʻi Alcohol Policy Alliance showed that at least 40% of traffic fatalities in Hawaiʻi from 2011-2022 involved alcohol.
HI Alcohol Policy Alliance pushes to lower BAC limit from 0.08 to 0.05 percent
The Hawai‘i Alcohol Policy Alliance returned to the State Capitol today to continue advocating for legislation aimed at reducing alcohol-related traffic fatalities and injuries.
Hannah Brown Memorial Impaired Driving Awareness Rally, Nov. 27
The sixth annual Hannah Brown Memorial Impaired Driving Awareness Rally holiday campaign gets underway this Wednesday, Nov. 27. The event begins with a youth sign-waving gathering at 4:30 p.m. at the County Building in Wailuku. That will be followed by an impaired driving checkpoint, made possible with participation from members of the Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and family and friends of Hannah Brown.
Bill seeking to crack down on drunk driving advances; SB2384 proposes lowering the legal BAC to 0.05%
More than 65 people and organizations testified Tuesday in support of a bill that seeks to crack down on drunk driving in Hawaiʻi. Senate Bill 2384, which proposes to lower the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for driving from 0.08% to 0.05%, was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sober driving advocates continue to introduce legislation to lower Hawaiʻi’s legal blood alcohol concentration level for driving
Sober driving advocates will once again introduce legislation this session seeking to lower Hawaiʻi’s legal blood alcohol concentration level for driving from 0.08 to 0.05 percent. This is the fourth consecutive session that the Hawai‘i Alcohol Policy Alliance has supported such a bill.
Sober driving advocates rally for awareness during the holidays, and always
“It’s crazy, because even though 14 years have gone by, it’s still very, very difficult. So we come and we do these events because we just beg people to make the right decisions. Do not drink and drive. We’re just asking that everybody has a place on their family table every year. So please, please, do not make a decision and change somebody else’s life,” said Andrea Maniago who lost her 16-year-old son Kaio Fukushima to a drunk driver in 2009.