MADD launches impaired driving campaign ahead of holidays [Video]

As the holiday season approaches, drivers are being asked to consider the danger of getting behind the wheel after one too many drinks.

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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) launched its annual Red Ribbon campaign on Friday.

It encourages drivers to think twice about the danger of impaired driving – and the lasting impact it can have on so many people.

Susan Semotiuk carries pictures of her grandson Michael to hand out. He was only four years old when he was killed by an impaired driver in 1998.

“It still hurts, it does. Because he’s not with us,” she said.

“I don’t want anybody to forget him,” Semotiuk said. “I want (people) to know how much he meant to me and to my family.”

Semotiuk said time has not healed the wound, and she wished more people understood what families go …