Drunk Driving Influence
My paper is about drunk driving or driving under the influence (DUI) in the United States, with some focus on Massachusetts first time offender laws. Also, I discuss methods used by law enforcement to decrease the incidence of these types of crashes on our nation’s roadways. It’s been stated that in our society about two-thirds of us citizens consume alcohol, it is no wonder that driving under the influence remains such a prevalent issue in this country. This definitely keeps the issue of driving under the influence in the forefront in the criminal justice system. I believe this topic is important to the criminal justice system related to the prevalence of the issue, seriousness of some accidents and the high rate of recidivism. After reviewing
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Some states in this country prohibit sobriety checkpoints, 12 states currently, based on their supreme courts interpretations of state constitutions. Other barriers are financial issues checkpoints can be costly, police frustration over the low arrest rate from this intervention. It may be a good idea to point out to the officers that in addition to the benefits of preventing crashes, sobriety checkpoints often result in the arrest of drivers for other offenses. The authors conclude that sobriety checkpoints maintain their effectiveness …show more content…
Current U.S. effort to deter impaired driving falls into 2 categories; enforcing existing impaired driving laws and publicizing enforcement activities to ensure public awareness. Within the past 10 years there has been an increased interest in identifying policies that have a potential for lowering the rate of alcohol-related crashes. Some of the suggestions made by researches are as follows; reduce the current 0.8g/dL BAC limit to 0.05g/dL, increase the sobriety checkpoints, enhance the prestige of DUI enforcement by creating specialized training programs and status recognition for officers specializing in impaired driving enforcement, criminalize the refusal of BAC test by making sanctions equivalent to conviction for DUI and (PAS) passive alcohol sensor that has been developed, this unit can be mounted in the officers flashlight and can draw in mixed expired air from 4-6 inches in front of the drivers face. I feel that many of these suggestions will be helpful in reducing the number of
Some states in this country prohibit sobriety checkpoints, 12 states currently, based on their supreme courts interpretations of state constitutions. Other barriers are financial issues checkpoints can be costly, police frustration over the low arrest rate from this intervention. It may be a good idea to point out to the officers that in addition to the benefits of preventing crashes, sobriety checkpoints often result in the arrest of drivers for other offenses. The authors conclude that sobriety checkpoints maintain their effectiveness …show more content…
Current U.S. effort to deter impaired driving falls into 2 categories; enforcing existing impaired driving laws and publicizing enforcement activities to ensure public awareness. Within the past 10 years there has been an increased interest in identifying policies that have a potential for lowering the rate of alcohol-related crashes. Some of the suggestions made by researches are as follows; reduce the current 0.8g/dL BAC limit to 0.05g/dL, increase the sobriety checkpoints, enhance the prestige of DUI enforcement by creating specialized training programs and status recognition for officers specializing in impaired driving enforcement, criminalize the refusal of BAC test by making sanctions equivalent to conviction for DUI and (PAS) passive alcohol sensor that has been developed, this unit can be mounted in the officers flashlight and can draw in mixed expired air from 4-6 inches in front of the drivers face. I feel that many of these suggestions will be helpful in reducing the number of