I think we spend very little on drug and alcohol treatment. The DUI checkpoints would seem to be a comparitive bargain (even if you completely wast $7500 on a pupillometer), but even getting drunks off the road still leaves a number of other issues. ..The only argument I can think of for the DUI checkpoints is that reasonable people occasionally drink too much and are willing to relinquish the car keys. Alcoholics don't think that way. The checkpoints are a waste of money.

I grew up with alcoholics. Thank goodness we didn't own a car, I shudder at the thought.

As a kid, I remember getting mad at the state store clerk that sold them a gallon bottle of whiskey every day. I mean, didn't he see there was a problem? I see his position now, but when I was a kid, I just never understood why they allowed my parents to continue doing it.

Dad's gone, and Mom's recovering. I'm so proud of her, and despite all we went through as kids, she's my best friend. I wonder though, if we had had a car, our lives probably would have turned out much differently, and probably for the worse!! I know my dad would never have surrendered the keys, Thank God he never was able to kill anyone on the road.

You are such an expert...you've done traffic studies...you've been to dozens and dozens of accidents, right? Oh, no you haven't, that's what I thought.

Until you've worked in law enforcement and had to determine the cause of accidents, STFU. You know nothing. Speed is the #1 cause of accidents...research retard. Now i suggest you go try to be an expert on something else...like pop up books.

Kid...sounds like you can use a drink.

Want to find good DUI hot spots..sit outside any bar on a weekend around 2AM and see who staggers out to their car and gets in the drivers side.

Be aware that number one cause of car accidents is driver's behavior (aggressive or ignorant) - not mechanical failure or road conditions

Car accident statistics indicate 98 percent of reported accidents involve a single distracted driver. Rubbernecking was the highest percentage of single distractions, followed by driver fatigue, looking at scenery or landmarks, passenger or child distractions, adjusting the radio or other music form, and cell phone use.

Willful or malicious acts on behalf of one party are one of the major causes of auto accidents. The federal government estimates that since 1999, 13,000 people were killed or injured as a result of aggressive driving on behalf of another driver. Reckless and careless driving are significant causes of auto accidents. Driving inexperience or inattention on the road are also major causes of auto accidents.

One of the major causes of auto accidents is drunk driving, or operating any motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol. More than forty percent of all fatalities in auto accidents involve alcohol. In 2002, more than 17,000 people were killed in alcohol related accidents. When drugs or alcohol are the causes of auto accidents, the party who is found under the influence is responsible for any property damage, personal injury, or death that is caused in the accident.

HERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT ARTICLES AND NOT ONE OF THEM MENTIONS SPEED. OF THE 10 OR 11 ARTICLES THAT I READ NONE OF THEM MENTIONED THE WORD SPEED AS A FACTOR. Why do you always have to be so freaking mean to people? Admit that you are wrong and move on to the next conversation!!!



While I don't agree with some of what you have said, I will agree that you are correct about your statement regarding speed as a factor! They are right. Alcoholism is a disease. The minute you get behind the wheel you are commiting a crime. You want to drink your life away-take a taxi home so everyone else will shut up and not bother you. You know what I mean?