People like Kenny Stabler make me sick. They seem to think they are above the law can can drive around drunk just because they want to and that they are famous. Everyday we hear reports of people dying on the roads because of drink driving, speeding and also drug driving. I think that people should have their driving license taken away from them as soon as the make an obviously illegal action such as drink driving. It’s not as if there isn’t enough knowledge about drink driving laws. There are so many campaigns telling us how just being a little bit over the alcoholic limit can severely impair our reaction times and judgement.
So what happens if you are like Kenny Stabler and find yourself charged with DUI? Well, first of all you’ll be hit with a fine for hundreds of dollars, then you’ll have points on your driving license, you might be banned from driving, you’ll end up in court and possibly find yourself in jail. Of course, if you have also killed someone whilst driving under the influence, you’ll also have to deal with the massive guilt of knowing what you have done.
It’s reported that about a third of all car-related fatalaties are caused by DUI which equated to about 13,470 deaths in 2006 in the US alone simply because there are people like Kenny Stabler allowed to drive about.
Of course, it doesn’t help that alcohol is now much stronger than it used to be and they are being served in ever increasingly large glasses. It’s very difficult to know exactly how much you have had to drink and whether you are over the limit or not. In the UK it used to be that a glass of wine equalled 1 point but now it can be as high as 3 points meaning that the drinker is over the limit. This is why I have decided not to drink a single drop of alcohol if I know I’m going to be driving. Even if I am having a meal with the alcohol I don’t want to risk driving under the influence. OK, so there are some really shit hot lawyers who can get people off from DUI, but that’s not the point. Our own morals should be enough to stop DUI from happening without worring about lawyers, fines and penalty points.
