DUI PROPOSAL
Why We Need to Do Something Different

There are age limits for both the privilege to drive, and for the privilege to drink alcohol. Upon a DUI conviction, the privilege to drive is sometimes revoked. . INSTEAD SHOULDN’T IT BE THE PRIVILEGE TO DRINK THAT SHOULD BE REVOKED?

Revoking drivers licenses doesn’t stop them

ABC Prime Time televised a sting operation in Buffalo, New York to show a judge that revoking drivers licenses wasn’t stopping the offenders from driving. They sent notices to 40 offenders telling them that they had won a prize and only needed to pick it up at a specified location and time. They put the location next to a bus station so that everyone could get there using public transportation. All the recipients drove themselves to the site and were arrested for driving without a drivers license. The chances of being caught driving without a license was not enough to deter any of the offenders, even when making a sober decision.

Drinking overrides better judgment
Jail time and revoking driver’s licenses rely on the punishment being an incentive not to drive AFTER DRINKING. It doesn’t take into consideration that the repeat offender has already proven that drinking alcohol overrides his/her ability to make a rational decision about driving, no matter how strict and certain is the punishment. The repeat offender has proven that their “privilege to drink” is an ongoing danger to others. Drinking should no longer be a “choice.”

Can’t enforce “no driving”
How do you prevent the person from driving in spite of the revoked license? There’s innovative products on the market ... Breathalyzers that won’t allow a car to operate, devices that require a valid driver’s license for the car to operate, or medication to make a person sick if they drink .... and all are good ideas. But they are expensive and/or hard to put into effect. It is hard to monitor their use. And there is the problem of having enough for all the offenders. We need to reduce the NUMBER of people reaching the point that these other devices or prison are necessary.

Dispersing Alcohol Responsibly
The revoking of “drinking privileges” would stop the problem right at the source ... preventing alcohol from becoming a factor a second time through the “carding” done at the bars and stores ... with the “liability of not doing it” as the incentive. Few people will be willing to shoulder the liability of supplying alcohol to a repeat DUI offender. A repeat conviction makes them a LARGE RISK.

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Email: rsnell@digisys.net

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