[mmcporter]

Drunk drivers are scumbags who deserve to lose the "right" to transport themselves by automobile. A long time ago I did a ride-a-long project with the police in my college town as part of my sociology class. While I saw a lot of disturbing and eye-opening situations, by the far the worst thing I experienced was rolling up to a "one car" accident in a neighboring town. The alcoholic woman driving the car had veered off the road and hit a chain link fence square on. In the passenger seat was her 14 year old daughter. I say "was" because the top rail careened through the car and killed the little girl instantly. The mother was so drunk she didn't understand what had happened. It was a scene so disturbing (I won't get graphic) that veteran officers were reduced to weeping and/or tossing their lunch. Before that evening, I was determined to enter law enforcement. After this experience, I gave up the idea of getting into law enforcement because I knew those types of calls would be brutal to contend with. However, to this day if I see someone on the road driving in a way that appears impaired, I will follow the offender and call local authorities on my cell. It's very satisfying to me when the blues roll up and pull the prospective drunk over. I keep hoping I saved someone's wife, husband, son or daughter from getting killed. We simply don't do enough as a society to stop these people from repeating their crime over and over with little or no punishment.