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Written by:
Steve Erbach
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:56 PM
Should Wisconsin legalize sobriety road checks?
(published 4-Jan-2010, Appleton Post-Crescent)
How about this instead? A new federal subsidy for all bars, restaurants, and nightclubs that serve alcohol to hire sobriety testers. These people would sit at all the exits and observe patrons as they leave. They would spot anyone exhibiting signs of drunkenness. Each drunk would be pulled aside and asked a battery of confusing questions. The tester would then use one of those newfangled passive alcohol sensors. Now here's the beauty part of my idea: If the drunk flunks, the tester would call a cab...and the cab fare would be subsidized, too! At a much reduced rate, of course, like Medicare payments to doctors. Isn't that brilliant? We'd probably pay as much for sobriety testers in bars as we would for the extra police patrols needed for highway sobriety checkpoints...and we'd catch a LOT more drunks. I say create jobs and stop drunken driving at the source!
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Re: Recent commentary: a new way to catch drunks
Madisonians would tell you that most drunks come from private "house parties", whether on/near campus or in the tony enclaves of the west-side or the hamlets of the hard-working east-siders. Bartenders in TPRM (The People's Republic of Madison) have decent training on "overserving" during the licensing process, and will determine if you're walking home or driving; and if driving, will say "hand over the keys and I'll call you a cab, or....walk out of here with the keys, and I'll call the cops".
I like the subsidy idea, though. It would also boost commerce through increased sale of passive alcohol sensors.
By Herr Oberst on
Monday, January 04, 2010 7:57 AM
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