The McMorris family of Wading River recently joined Mothers Against Drunk Driving to honor Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-Brooklyn) for his efforts last year to help advance legislation to increase drunk driving prevention technology.

From the moment they lost their beloved boy, the McMorris family has seen their lives shattered, blanketed by grief that the joy of the holiday season just intensifies. "This holiday I will be putting up Andrew's stocking but it will have no one to open it — and that kind of pain I wouldn't wish on anyone," Alisa said.

Legislation tied to the recently signed infrastructure law will mandate the use of new car technology that could stop drunk driving. NBC News’ Kerry Sanders reports on how the tech works and talks to some of those pushing for change.

Part of President Joe Biden's newly approved infrastructure bill takes steps to combat drunk driving by mandating new technology for cars. Biden's $1 trillion Investment and Jobs Act includes a mandate for automakers to install monitoring systems to stop drunk drivers in all new vehicles as early as 2026. AMF worked hard with MADD to lobby for the passage of this legislation!

As President Joe Biden signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law Monday, Alisa McMorris of Shoreham rejoiced.

John and Alisa McMorris penned a Letter to the Editor in the Riverhead News Review on July 15, to advocate for the Senate RIDE and House HALT acts that will end drunk and impaired driving.

The Andrew McMorris Foundation is currently lobbying Congress to pass the Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act of 2019 (RIDE Act - S. 2604 of 2019). The federal legislation calls for the Department of Transportation to issue a rulemaking to equip all new cars with advanced alcohol detection technology that would passively detect whether the driver is drunk. This has the potential to eliminate drunk driving in America.