When you open your newspaper, and see the news, all the time, you can read about some driver was drunk, the kind of driver so driving that his blood-alcohol concentration[1] (BAC)—the percentage of alcohol in his blood—was more than Costa Rica legal limit at the time of 0.75 percent. Most of the time, those drivers got behind the wheel of them cars and produced many accident, for example, crashing head-on into another cars or people that walked down a suburban street. The collision result, most time, in hundreds of death, causing a children, women and adults. In other cases, it causes injuries a dozen others, mostly as a result of collateral collision.
Sometime, the person, or people, that caused the accident not recollection that it had caused the deaths of other people until it woke up in a hospital bed the following morning with minor injuries. They were subsequently convicted of drunken driving, and for the death of other people. As a result, was sent to the jail, where it served a few year sentences. Many people are agree with me, we believe in the drunk drivers deserved a more severe sentence for them crimes.
This fact is a testament to how much the public’s attitude toward drunk driving has changed, currently the drunk driving involving in fatal alcohol-related crashes was perceived as criminal behavior. I believe in the harsher jail sentences and penalties for drunken divers, for two main reasons:
The first reason is, because those jail sentences and penalties are work. For example, in USA, after the law the National Minimum Drinking Age was signed (1984), show alcohol related fatalities declining 36% between 1982 and 1997, according data from Department of Transportation. The law mandated that states raise their minimum drinking age to twenty-one or lose federal highway funds. States also instituted tougher penalties for drunk drivers, such as mandatory jail terms for first-time offenders and on-the-spot driver’s license suspensions for those failing or refusing to take a breath test[2].
The second reason is mandatory jail sentence help decrease the instances of drunk driving, as a result, helps for the prevention of fatal accidents. Obviously, that is not enough, is necessary the prevention of this accident advocates focused on changing law to lower the level at which drivers are presumed to be legally intoxicated. It was based on their blood-alcohol concentration (BAC)[3].
Primarily determined by breath tests administered by police officers during traffic stops, BACs indicate the level of impairment drivers may be experiencing due to the percentage of alcohol in their blood[4]. The new Costa Rica traffic law established that the BAC is lower 0.08 percent. BAC limit favored by prevention advocates, in the newspaper “LA PRENSA LIBRE”, said: “Authorities said traffic in that sense the reform of the traffic law is one of the most important factors that have contributed to the decline in deaths; it coupled with awareness campaigns and outreach efforts by the Ministry that including, currently, information fairs in different communities across the country to guide and educate the general population”[5].
I agree that there should be zero tolerance for driving under the influence of alcohol. A mandatory jail sentence would send a clear message that it is unacceptable behavior, although somebody believes drunk driving is not a crime. In many cases, those people had given money to court and receiving only few years for them crimes and they repeat those accidents again[6].
There drivers are not victims, it does not happen accidentally, even is as result of bad decisions or driving alcohol. If the punishment for this crime is harsher, those people would think a bit more and decide against getting behind a wheel and being irresponsible. Jail sentences are usually effective in frightening people away from doing certain things.[7] It is because; people with criminal records have fewer job opportunities and limited futures, even those drunk drivers do not consider themselves criminals, a jail sentence would re-frame the way the public thinks about drunk driving is serious social problem[8]. Is not important how are weapons you could be used in a crime, gangs or cars are the same in this case, and need to take seriously. Moreover, many drinkers who might get a driving under influence of alcohol need to consider driver drinking are a criminal offense and force them consider the consequences more seriously[9].
I am convinced that a jail sentences in traffic law will send a message to the public that drunk driving is a criminal act that simply will not be tolerated. The hard consequences of driving while legally intoxicated involved tough penalties such as mandatory jail terms, heavy fines, license suspensions, and even the confiscation of motor vehicles, the issue of a new Costa Rica traffic law has serious implications for drivers. Enormous gains have been made against drunk driving over the past years and have created the general impression that drunk driving is largely under control.
Bibliography
Drug Prohibition (n.d.), in Wikipedia. Retrieved October 25, 2010, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguments_for_and_against_drug_prohibition
Blood Alcohol Content (n.d.), in Wikipedia. Retrieved October 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content.
[1] Meaning take from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content.
[2] Take from: http://www.enotes.com/drunk-driving-article.
[3] Take from: http://www.chefalolaw.com/practice-areas/drunk-driving/general-information/.
[4] Take from: http://www.enotes.com/drunk-driving-article.
[5] Take from: http://www.prensalibre.cr/pl/nacional/10718-disminuyen-muertes-por-accidentes-de-transito-.html.
[6] Take from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguments_for_and_against_drug_prohibition.
[7] Take from: http://debates.juggle.com/would-a-mandatory-jail-sentence-help-decrease-the-instances-of-drunk-driving.
[8] Ídem.
[9] Ídem.
Sometime, the person, or people, that caused the accident not recollection that it had caused the deaths of other people until it woke up in a hospital bed the following morning with minor injuries. They were subsequently convicted of drunken driving, and for the death of other people. As a result, was sent to the jail, where it served a few year sentences. Many people are agree with me, we believe in the drunk drivers deserved a more severe sentence for them crimes.
This fact is a testament to how much the public’s attitude toward drunk driving has changed, currently the drunk driving involving in fatal alcohol-related crashes was perceived as criminal behavior. I believe in the harsher jail sentences and penalties for drunken divers, for two main reasons:
The first reason is, because those jail sentences and penalties are work. For example, in USA, after the law the National Minimum Drinking Age was signed (1984), show alcohol related fatalities declining 36% between 1982 and 1997, according data from Department of Transportation. The law mandated that states raise their minimum drinking age to twenty-one or lose federal highway funds. States also instituted tougher penalties for drunk drivers, such as mandatory jail terms for first-time offenders and on-the-spot driver’s license suspensions for those failing or refusing to take a breath test[2].
The second reason is mandatory jail sentence help decrease the instances of drunk driving, as a result, helps for the prevention of fatal accidents. Obviously, that is not enough, is necessary the prevention of this accident advocates focused on changing law to lower the level at which drivers are presumed to be legally intoxicated. It was based on their blood-alcohol concentration (BAC)[3].
Primarily determined by breath tests administered by police officers during traffic stops, BACs indicate the level of impairment drivers may be experiencing due to the percentage of alcohol in their blood[4]. The new Costa Rica traffic law established that the BAC is lower 0.08 percent. BAC limit favored by prevention advocates, in the newspaper “LA PRENSA LIBRE”, said: “Authorities said traffic in that sense the reform of the traffic law is one of the most important factors that have contributed to the decline in deaths; it coupled with awareness campaigns and outreach efforts by the Ministry that including, currently, information fairs in different communities across the country to guide and educate the general population”[5].
I agree that there should be zero tolerance for driving under the influence of alcohol. A mandatory jail sentence would send a clear message that it is unacceptable behavior, although somebody believes drunk driving is not a crime. In many cases, those people had given money to court and receiving only few years for them crimes and they repeat those accidents again[6].
There drivers are not victims, it does not happen accidentally, even is as result of bad decisions or driving alcohol. If the punishment for this crime is harsher, those people would think a bit more and decide against getting behind a wheel and being irresponsible. Jail sentences are usually effective in frightening people away from doing certain things.[7] It is because; people with criminal records have fewer job opportunities and limited futures, even those drunk drivers do not consider themselves criminals, a jail sentence would re-frame the way the public thinks about drunk driving is serious social problem[8]. Is not important how are weapons you could be used in a crime, gangs or cars are the same in this case, and need to take seriously. Moreover, many drinkers who might get a driving under influence of alcohol need to consider driver drinking are a criminal offense and force them consider the consequences more seriously[9].
I am convinced that a jail sentences in traffic law will send a message to the public that drunk driving is a criminal act that simply will not be tolerated. The hard consequences of driving while legally intoxicated involved tough penalties such as mandatory jail terms, heavy fines, license suspensions, and even the confiscation of motor vehicles, the issue of a new Costa Rica traffic law has serious implications for drivers. Enormous gains have been made against drunk driving over the past years and have created the general impression that drunk driving is largely under control.
Bibliography
Drug Prohibition (n.d.), in Wikipedia. Retrieved October 25, 2010, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguments_for_and_against_drug_prohibition
Blood Alcohol Content (n.d.), in Wikipedia. Retrieved October 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content.
[1] Meaning take from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content.
[2] Take from: http://www.enotes.com/drunk-driving-article.
[3] Take from: http://www.chefalolaw.com/practice-areas/drunk-driving/general-information/.
[4] Take from: http://www.enotes.com/drunk-driving-article.
[5] Take from: http://www.prensalibre.cr/pl/nacional/10718-disminuyen-muertes-por-accidentes-de-transito-.html.
[6] Take from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguments_for_and_against_drug_prohibition.
[7] Take from: http://debates.juggle.com/would-a-mandatory-jail-sentence-help-decrease-the-instances-of-drunk-driving.
[8] Ídem.
[9] Ídem.
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