In today's society, we are surrounded by anti drunk driving ads, and crackdowns by police departments against DUIs. However, despite the attempts to negate drunk driving, the numbers seem to increase every year. I have come up with the perfect idea, that of course would never be put into place, to almost complety put an end to DUIs and the fatatlites and damage they cause.
My idea stems off the newly enacted law that requires all DUI offenders as of July 1st of 2010, to have a breathalyzer interlock device installed on their cars, that disables that persons car should they blow a alcohol positve test. I believe this to be the best anti DUI law yet. My only problem, however, is that the government waits until a DUI has been committed to enact this requirement. My belief, is that there should be a new law, that requires all vehicles, new and old, to have an interlock device installed on their vehicles, that would disable the vehicle should the driver blow over the specified legal limit.
Sure, everybody would be pissed off about it. SO FUCKING WHAT? GET OVER IT!!! No person could have a logical argument against it. The only people that would protest against it, are the ones that drive drunk constantly, because now they won't be able to. People might protest having to pay the fee to have it installed, but that's life. We also have plenty of other stupid things we are forced to pay for in regards to our vehicles. For instance, having to smog your car every 2 years, having to pay registration(which i don't understand at all), getting stupid tickets like not wearing a seat belt. I say stupid meaning insignifican't when you look at the big picture. You're a lot safer driving without a seat belt while sober and around sober drivers, than if wearing a seatbelt while drunk around other drunk drivers! Plus, motorcylces are perfectly legal to drive, and you have no seat belt, no metal shell surounding you, and have only two wheels.(But remember: Click it or ticket)
Really, it would not be much of an inconvience. If you don't drink and drive, all you have to do is blow in the machine for 5 seconds, and have no problem. If you have been drinking and blow in the machine and your car doesn't start, then that machine could have just saved that person's and other peoples lives. I would be willing to stake my life on what would be a certain, very dramatic drop in DUI accidents. When you think about it in that prospective, is the five seconds really that much of an inconvience?
Of course, this would never happen in our lifetime, or probably even our children's lifetimes. The reason being, as I stated in a previous blog, is the money that is generated by DUI related fines. Sure they want you to believe that they are against drunk driving, but do you think that, with the debt the way it is, the economy being so terrible, and of course the very hefty pay checks all the goverment employees recieve, a very large drop in government income would be economically viable for our state or country? No, it would not, cause who cares about people's lives these days right? Society is built around money, and nothing but, and it's sickening.
I think its the same concept when it comes to certain "incurable" diseases. The pharmasudical industry is worth billions of dollars. If there were cures to alot of these long term diseases, then the pharmasudical companies would go bankrupt. DUIs only become a big political issue when a politician recieves one! If you look back a few years ago at the senator that got a DUI, he served no jail time, and had his license suspended for only 30 days!! I don't know what kind of fine he had to pay, but I'm sure it didn't affect him seeing as how his fine went right back into his paycheck(so to speak)
Let me know your thoughts on this subject. Do you think that mandatory Breathalyzers would be a legitimate way to decrease deaths in America?
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