Annually, 1.4 million people are arrested for DWI and 1/3 are repeat offenders.[1] With 500,000 people being rearrested every year, something clearly didn’t work the first time. Impaired driving is a complicated issue, and as with any complicated issue, there must be multiple responses; what stops one person does not necessarily stop someone else. A
“Every year, thousands of fatalities occur in the United States that involve drugged driving. [1] Drugs other than alcohol that can affect driving performance include illicit drugs and medications (prescribed and over-the-counter) with the potential to alter behavior.” 2013 National Drug Control Strategy, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, pg. 67 People driving while
May 14th, 1988 is a day that will long be remembered by many. On that day, the deadliest impaired driving crash in U.S. history occurred on Interstate 71 in Carrollton, Kentucky. An impaired driver in a pickup truck going the wrong way on the interstate hit a church activity bus with 67 passengers. There were