Instead, it stems from the desire to improve the community in which we live so people have one less thing to fear. The need for stricter laws stems from the desire to show young children they will be held accountable for their actions. It stems from a desire to know 10 years down the road there will be enough people around who can run the country intelligently. Injuries resulting from drunk driving accidents are an enormous problem. Close to half of the fatalities could be prevented with a little responsibility.
Fatalities are just the beginning.
That statistic works out to one injury every 33 seconds. While you are reading this column, about six people will be injured because of alcohol-related accidents. Yet the saddest fact surrounding all those statistics is in the majority of cases, the intoxicated driver survives with minimal injuries. The innocent bystander or driver of another car usually is killed or seriously hurt. Frequently, the person doing nothing wrong and following the laws is the one who suffers.