-Caveat Lector-
--- Bill Richer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is a 120-pound woman who has two 6-ounce glasses of wine at dinner
> over a
> two-hour period REALLY a dangerous and deadly drunk driver? The
> government’s
> own statistics say that such a case would result in at least a 0.08
> blood
> alcohol level. So that 120-pound woman who had two glasses of
> chardonnay
can take care of most of that BAC simply by lingering over dessert and
coffee, without consuming any further wine after dinner, instead of
rushing out the door to her car.
MADD activists
> always
> ignore the fact that there are plenty of careful and responsible
> adults who
> pose no threat to safety after drinking their occasional glass of
> wine.
And those careful and responsible adults don't get behind the wheel
after they drink their occasional glass of wine.
> Make no mistake about my position on drunk drivers who harm someone.
> Throw
> the book at them; prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.
And make sure they never drive again, even if you have to super-glue
their hands together. The drunk who killed my cousin, the drunk who
killed my husband's friend, the drunk who killed my neighbor's sister,
all had multiple DUI convictions; all were released with a slap on the
wrist. I'd also like to see insurance companies REFUSE to cover damages
inflicted while driving drunk, leaving said driver open to possible
lifetime financial ruin. That may be more of a deterrent than the
police.
> But to
> demonize each and every person who has an occasional drink is
> downright
> ridiculous.
Only the ones that drive.
I
> just believe that in this case, the punishment far exceeds the crime.
If you could bring my cousin back, I'd believe that.
Moving on to something constructive that you can do to help, New Year's
Eve (2 1/2 months away) is THE worst night of the year for drunk
drivers. You can help get some of them off the road... 3 neighbors and
I make arrangements with a couple of local bars to drive the drunks
home. We pair up so none of us has to handle a drunk alone, the bar
pays for our gas. We don't do it for the money, we do this so that no
other family in our town answers a knock on the door to see a policeman
with his hat in his hand......
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