Alcohol Laws & Driving

[DrumNFeather]

I was listening to the first team on fox this morning and they were discussing the recent death of the St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher. One of the hosts (usually a jokester) got very passionate about this argument and said that anyone who gets a DUI should be charged with Attempted Manslaughter.

I thought this was an interesting argument and wanted to pose it to the board. I know that we've batted around alcohol laws before, but I found this solution to be particularly interesting.

His argument, of course, is that when you drink and drive you are attempting to kill someone because you impare your abilities to make sound decisions etc...And just because some people succeed and actually harm someone and you don't doesn't mean you shouldn't be charged with attempt to harm someone.

He then went on to talk about this idea that sports figures think they are invincible and that whenever that is trotted out to the public, it is a slap in the face to those affected by drunk driving accidents.