Repeat Drunk Drivers

In Denver. Colorado, judges are divergent on whether or not to put repeat drunk drivers in jail. They give many reasons, chief of which is jail overcrowding, thinking that drunk driving is less of a crime than, say, armed robbery. But a comparison of the numbers of people killed by drunk drivers, compared to those killed by armed robbers tells me drunk driving is every bit as serious as armed robbery. Some judges think “alternative punishment” including “treatment” can be more effective than jail time. That’s a load! Ask the relatives of the two women killed on their way to Denver International Airport (DIA) by a woman with many DUIs and reckless driving charges on her record (who just kept going and was arrested after a civilian followed her) for their opinion. Ask the mother of the teenager killed at 114th and Colorado Blvd by another teen with no less than SEVEN DUIs on his record in his short life (he survived) who was running from the cops (again) for her opinion. Both have had their “hands slapped” many times. People who continue to drink and drive many times ought to be put in PRISON for a long time. Not county jails. At least they’d not kill anyone while driving drunk in THAT time. They’re KILLERS. Their cars are their weapon. (Denver Post)