Mothers Against Drunk Driving "supports a substantial increase in taxation on alcoholic beverages as a means of covering the cost to society caused by misuse of alcohol". MADD "advocates that schools and other organizations hosting social and athletic gatherings for youth take positive steps to ensure that alcoholic beverages not be present at those gatherings". On May 3, 1980, Cari Lightner, a 13-year-old girl, was killed by a drunken hit-and-run driver at Sunset and New York Avenues in Fair Oaks, California. The 46-year-old driver, who had recently been arrested for another DUI hit-and-run, left Cari's body at the scene. Cari's mother, Candace (Candy) Lightner,
Alice Lightner Hopf Alice Lightner Hopf Alice Lightner Hopf (1904-1988) was an American writer who wrote science fiction under the name of A. M. Lightner and youth textbooks under the name of Alice Hopf. Two of her non-fiction works received awards from the National Science Teachers Association: "Biography of a Rhino" (1972) and "Misunderstood Animals" (1973). Alice Martha Lightner was born on October 14, 1904, in Detroit, Michigan to Frances (née McGraw) and Clarence Ashley Ligthtner. Her father was an attorney, who was a founder of the Detroit Public Library and her mother was a playwright. After graduating from Vassar College in 1927,