tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post9155727595473318620..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Closing In On Better Drunk Driving Laws In Our Inebriated StateJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-59807170484048553812008-11-11T20:15:00.000-06:002008-11-11T20:15:00.000-06:00Yes, I have considered these issues. I agree that ...Yes, I have considered these issues. I agree that they are real.<BR/><BR/>I also think that with the way the laws are written now, innocent people are at risk, and are mowed down regularly, by dangerous people - - many with an illness beyond their control without an effort many cannot or will not give.<BR/><BR/>So it's a matter of protecting the innocent, just as we would do if people in large numbers were firing guns down the road with disregard fo the safety of others.James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-34262659949785692962008-11-11T17:10:00.000-06:002008-11-11T17:10:00.000-06:00I just don't understand the appeal for more state-...I just don't understand the appeal for more state-police power, and some of the draconian punishments suggested: 2x-OWI and you’re out, roadblocks, banning people from bars, and so forth.<BR/><BR/>One – This power will be abused at the point of contact between the police and the citizenry’s most vulnerable members. This is a truism.<BR/><BR/>Two — I think the empirical case is sketchy. What elements must exist for there to be an 'alcohol-related incident'? I’ve heard fro business owners that the statistic is rather broad and unrevealing.<BR/><BR/>Three — Should education, an appeal to the intellect be the method through which we do change the behavior in question? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps a coming together as a community vis a vis more cops, more jail, more state power?<BR/><BR/>As a thoughful writer with much experience, have you not considered the negative aspects of these tools such as police power and retribution?<BR/><BR/>Why not put GPS microchips on a drunk driver and have an alarm go off everytime this person goes within a given parameter of an alcohol establishment, and track him for two days and make a record of his travels?<BR/><BR/>We don't do that because it's Orwellian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com