Mass hysteria is a form of groupthink, in which several people with something in common begin to think in the same way. In mass hysteria, the group members all develop a common fear that often spirals into a panic. The group members feed off each other's emotional reactions, causing the panic to escalate.Some riots, witch hunts and other events can be linked to mass hysteria. (about.com) DWI has turned into a sociological mass hysteria. Our highways blare out Drink.Drive.Go to Jail. and other similar campaigns, our radios and tv networks broadcast DWI commercials, nationwide many companies have policies that terminate an employee or refuses to hire one based on a DWI, apartment and housing complexes are turning away tenants for a DWI, families are becoming divorced over DWI. Thus the ever present need for a Good Lawyer . The public is scared of DWI only second to terrorism. This groupthink people with something in common that started this hysteria was MADD. Now the groupth