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Drunk Driving: An American Dilemma (Studies in Crime and Justice)

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I read this book for a report, and I found it very factual and helpful. I don't think it would be the kind of book someone would just pick up and read. I would only read it if I wanted to research or find information on Drunk Driving.

This book is a breath of fresh air in a world where hypocrisy runs
rampant. Political correctness applies to everyone else--never ourselves.
Conversely, Tayolor's treatment on this subject is more objective
and even-handed. His suggestions are not couched in
demagoguery but rather he seeks to resolve a
problem, that society in its short-sightedness has only
exacerbated.

Isn't it somewhat vindictive to slap a felony charge and
possibly a prison sentence on drunk drivers, especially when they
do not become involved in a collision? Moreover, even if they
do, it's just an accident, right? Drunk driving is currently
held as a felony in all 50 states. If such statutes are
justifiable, shouldn't the same venom that is thrust upon drunk
drivers also be spent on those whose driving becomes impaired by
fatigue or emotional distress? Furthermore, the same resources
spent on housing drunk drivers within prison walls, would be
better spent towards programs that administer to alcoholics,
treating the disease rather than just the symptoms. It seems
that the same government who passed and then repealed laws
governing Prohibition should again reconsider its position
concerning drunk driving.

I found this book very helpful in writing a research paper concerning
this issue. The ideas expressed here were not politically correct when
it was written, so the ideas here were met with skepticism.
Today, drinking and talking, is the latest rage as cell phone use
has proliferated; and so now maybe the P.C. police can reassess
their views concerning subjects of this sort.

Kudos all around for James Jacobs!

taking away license or puting people in jai