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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Drunk Driving
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 16:37:40 EDT
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> Drinking and driving don't mix.  You can't stop drinking; drinking of
> itself is not (but well can be, I know) the problem.  You also CANNOT
> STOP DRUNKEN DRIVING WITHOUT OFFERING A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE.  Throwing
> all drunk drivers in jail is not (in my view) a reasonable alternative;
> trying to get them home safely and thereby keep other people safe is.
> Casa Gallardo (a chain Mexican restaurant here in Greensboro) stopped
> serving their 1-liter margaritas, and they also have a sign prominently
> displayed on the wall in nice warm prose telling you that if you are
> too drunk to drive home, the bartender will call you a cab and give
> you a nice cup of coffee while you wait and THE RESTAURANT WILL PAY FOR
> YOUR CAB RIDE HOME.  I like it; keep them off the road in the first place!
> -- 

The alternatives are there now and always have been.  The problem is that
people don't consider it convenient enough.  To them driving drunk is not
a concern, regardless of what systems are in place to provide them with
other safe means of drinking.  We need to stop treating drunk driving as
it it were a parking violation and start dealing with it as the crime
which it is.

-Ron