11 steps to end hard-core drunk driving

WASHINGTON, DC (WPRI) - The National Transporation Safety Board has outlined 11 steps states can take to eliminate hard-core drunk driving.
 

(1) statewide sobriety checkpoints

(2) vehicle sanctions to restrict or separate hard core drinking drivers from their vehicles

(3) State and community cooperative programs to enforce DWI driver’s license suspension and revocation

(4) legislation to require that DWI offenders maintain a zero BAC while operating a motor vehicle

(5) legislation that defines a high BAC (0.15 percent or greater) as an “aggravated” DWI offense

(6) alternatives to confinement, such as home detention with electronic monitoring

(7)legislation that restricts the plea bargaining of a DWI offense to a lesser, non-alcohol-related offense

(8) elimination of diversion programs that permit erasing, deferring, or otherwise purging the DWI offense record or that allow the offender to avoid license suspension

(9) administrative license revocation (ALR) for BAC test failure and refusal

(10) a DWI record retention and DWI offense enhancement look-back period of at least 10 years

(11) individualized sanction programs for hard core DWI offenders.