Originally Posted by Linkster

Since I grew up in an era where we didnt have DUI laws and the MADD hadnt started their little campaign yet - you guys might want to go back in history to before these laws and you will see that the number of drunk driving deaths has actually increased (percentage wise) since instituting these idiotic laws.

I have had friends killed by drunk drivers, just as by speeders and even one by a lady yapping on her cell phone (which to me should be more illegal than drinking and driving) so I sympathize to a small part with the people that say you should jail someone if they do actually hurt someone. But I dont agree that there should be preemptive measures like DUIs/DWIs etc. Doesnt make sense as it obviously has just increased the number of deaths (in the US) and taken police away from the jobs they should be doing and putting them out on roadblocks.

Just my opinion and being as old as I am I dont really care if younger people that weren't around back then want to hate - have never felt that the government telling people what they can and cant do is the way to solve problems - it just breeds them