When I agree with Glenn Reynolds:
RADLEY BALKO: Putting MADD in Charge of America’s Highways. “With Hurley in charge, MADD’s goals will become NHTSA’s goals. That’s troubling because at heart, MADD is an activist organization. The groups once-admirable goal of raising public awareness about drunk driving has over the last several years morphed into a zealous, evangelical teatotaling campaign. When a coalition of college presidents recently asked for nothing more than a new debate over the federal drinking age last year, for example, MADD called on parents to boycott the presidents’ schools.”
MADD has been off the deep end for years. They have been enablers of America’s treatment treadmill, and have made it impossible to to just go out and have a few good times with a few good friends. The .08 limit has been a money maker for states- its increased the number of DUI arrests and not made a real dent in anything.
There once was an insurance study that noted the Blood Alcohol level in DUI arrests resembled a bathtub curve: between .08 and .11 it went up-starting at .12 it dropped off a lot and did not start back up again till .18. That’s not surprising. There are two types of people out there-those that just have one too many and those who are not going to stop no matter how stringent the law is. The first is being punished in vain efforts to ensure we get the second.
Speaking of drunks-in sports, the Pens sent the thuggish Flyers and their drunken reprobate fans home. Give me a beer!