10,000 deaths a year and a million arrests for drunk driving. You think that's important enough for us to stop it? Do we do or do we don't want drivers on the road who are impaired by alcohol? I'm not so concerned about the danger to them. I am concerned with the danger they pose to others.
The technology is here now. Using a built-in breathalizer that disables the ignition when alcohol is detected on EVERY new car sold in the US would go a long way to stop that. New technology involves a finger scan and would be even more effective.
There would need to be a stiff penalty for disabling the alcohol detector, such as lifetime revocation of driver's license and termination of all accident or liability insurance, for the first offense. Second offense would need to be something like a lifetime sentence to a labor camp.
We could stop all those deaths and injuries if we chose to do it. The added cost of the breathalyzer is minimal weighed against the deaths and damages incurred by drunken drivers. Make the convicted drunk drivers pay for the installation in everyone else's car. How about adding to the disabling of the ignition a red flashing light on the roof or automatic alert and tracking through gps?
There is no excuse for driving while impaired. None. We don't stop impaired driving because it might inconvenience us sometimes. Let's be honest. Enough already. It is economic and human common sense to stop it now.
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