I can honestly say that I am not at all in favor of prohibition. What I would like to see is a country like those I have lived in abroad: a place where the vast majority of adults will not have more than one drink before driving. This would require a change of American culture, yes. I remain convinced we would all be better off with this change.

Since the legal BAC came down to .08, the number of drunk driving deaths here has remained constant at 10000. All of these deaths are, of course, tragic. I am especially concerned with the percentage made up of people who AREN’T drunk drivers. The Century Council (an alcohol industry group) states that in 2011 27% of all drunk driving deaths were car occupants NOT driving (2,661), and 7% were not in cars at all (710), with an average of one person dying in a drunk driving fatality every 53 minutes.

I respect the fact that several fellow lizards obviously disagree with me here. Anyone care to take a crack at something that might work in reducing drunk driving deaths?