"Each year nearly 13,500 people die in drunk driving crashes and another half a million are injured in alcohol-related traffic crashes. This is why MADD is extremely disappointed by the decision of the manufacturers of the game Grand Theft Auto IV to include a game module where players have to drive drunk. Drunk driving is not a game and it is not a joke. Drunk driving is a choice, a violent crime and it is also 100 percent preventable. MADD is calling on the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to reclassify Grand Theft Auto IV as an Adults Only game, a step up from the current rating of Mature and for the manufacturer to consider a stop in distribution – if not out of responsibility to society then out of respect for the millions of victims/survivors of drunk driving."

Considering the fact that GTAIV never requires drunk driving and actually recommends in game that you take an available taxi after leaving a bar, it shows that MADD is clearly labeling a game without even bothering to try it out.  As someone who played the game, and anyone else who has can vouch for me as well, it's a bitch to drive, let alone walk.  The one time I figured I'd tested it out, I was busted by the cops in about 20 seconds after pulling away.  In actuality the game shows the dangers of drunk driving in a reality setting.  And I guess according to MADD, it's quite alright you can pull a shotgun to someone's chest and blow them away, but the minute you drive drunk in a game, it should be AO.  MADD has gone from a once proud group trying to correct a serious issue, to a radicalist lobby trying to push it's agenda, that even it's founder has distanced herself from. 

Will the media, Fred Thompson, or groups like MADD ever bother giving a game a spin before spewing false information to the public? Doubt it. Well, I for one can't wait to see if Rockstar or the ESRB will bother to respond to this by changing the rating or halting game production, but the first round of brewskies is on me if action is taken as MADD suggests.  ;)