| How many people a day do you think drive drunk | | | | One of the speakers at the press conference |
| in the United States alone? Is it 100, 500, 1,000 or | | | | after this bill was passed was Mary Klotzbach a |
| more? We may not have an exact statistic from | | | | California resident and also the State Public Policy |
| that but you could gain the idea by knowing that | | | | Committee Chair for the MADD (Mothers Against |
| almost half of all driving accidents involved alcohol. | | | | Drunk Driving) organization. She lost her son from |
| With over 37,000 people who died in car | | | | a drunken driving accident and has been an |
| accidents in 2008 that number is still to high to | | | | advocate ever since to help stop this epidemic by |
| grasp onto. That is why we need to look to our | | | | using the technology of alcohol breathalyzers and |
| government to try and see what they are doing | | | | this bill was a step in the right direction. So when |
| to help combat this problem. One of these ways | | | | you think about how using these breath analyzer |
| has just recently been passed into law and | | | | devices on a daily basis for those who have the |
| implemented in California. | | | | potential of going out and driving after they drink, |
| California alone has almost 1,500 fatalities a year | | | | you can see how this keeps a lot of danger off |
| from people driving drunk. That comes out to | | | | of the roadways and saves lives. |
| about 4 people a day die from the result of a | | | | Many states should use California as a example to |
| drunk driver in the state of California alone. That | | | | help step up their policies and procedures for |
| is why with the help of Gov. Schwarzenegger and | | | | dealing with first time DUI offenders and how |
| the MADD organization and others they have | | | | they punish them. Many states may reconsider |
| helped pass a law that puts alcohol breathalyzer | | | | the effects of putting an alcohol breathalyzer into |
| testers into vehicles for first time DUI offenders. | | | | a vehicle once they see the benefits California is |
| This is a huge step towards the goal of keeping | | | | getting. Otherwise many people can still help |
| more people who drive drunk off the road. With | | | | themselves by just purchasing a handheld breath |
| these breath analyzers in place they can monitor | | | | analyzer online to keep track of their Blood alcohol |
| the offenders more closely and keep track of | | | | concentration (BAC) before they even get into |
| their drinking record to show to the courts how | | | | the vehicle. |
| they handle themselves. | | | | |