ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (06/28/85)
> Drinking and driving don't mix. You can't stop drinking; drinking of > itself is not (but well can be, I know) the problem. You also CANNOT > STOP DRUNKEN DRIVING WITHOUT OFFERING A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE. Throwing > all drunk drivers in jail is not (in my view) a reasonable alternative; > trying to get them home safely and thereby keep other people safe is. > Casa Gallardo (a chain Mexican restaurant here in Greensboro) stopped > serving their 1-liter margaritas, and they also have a sign prominently > displayed on the wall in nice warm prose telling you that if you are > too drunk to drive home, the bartender will call you a cab and give > you a nice cup of coffee while you wait and THE RESTAURANT WILL PAY FOR > YOUR CAB RIDE HOME. I like it; keep them off the road in the first place! > -- The alternatives are there now and always have been. The problem is that people don't consider it convenient enough. To them driving drunk is not a concern, regardless of what systems are in place to provide them with other safe means of drinking. We need to stop treating drunk driving as it it were a parking violation and start dealing with it as the crime which it is. -Ron