Stronger Punishment for DUI Offenders will lower Alcohol Related Fatalities

Remember the 2996 people, mostly civilians that died on September 11th 2001. Remember the 797 soldiers that have given their lives to protect us here at home, not to mention the 4,524 U.S. troops wounded in action. These numbers equal only one quarter of the people that are killed on our roads each year from people Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, 2003) America experienced the largest …

…and love ones and reduced the vehicle fatalities from drunk driving occurring on our roadways. Work cited National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/arch Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD, 2003) http://www.madd.com/home/ Kansas Legislature (Kansas Statute No. 8-1005) http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi-bin/statutes/index.cgi DUI LAWS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. DOT HS 809 037. March 2000 http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/pub/DWIothercountries/dwiothercountries.html