I used to drive drunk, but a bunch of Mom's got MADD

Something has been pissing me off for a while now. Most of what has been pissing me off centers around the problem of drunk driving. The most vocal person I can throw a stone at is Ms. Art Brown of the Utah chapter of MADD. These guys have swung way off course. They seem to think that the only way to solve the problem of drunk driving is to stop the drinking. Sure, to give them credit, if no one drunk no one could drive drunk. But that is where I stop giving them any kind of credit for making valid arguments. You can't stop people from drinking. And as long as people have cars they will drive drunk.
For anyone who does not know, Utah has undergone some "radical" liberalization of our liquor laws (they had to call it "normalizing" to avoid the knee jerk hatred of all things "liberal" in our local governments). I won't get into the changes, but needless to say, MADD was at the forefront proclaiming doom and gloom. Any loostening the flow of alcahol will surely increase drunk driving and underage drinking. So I just want to make a few points clear for any members or supporters of MADD

• Most underage drinking takes place in private homes, not in bars or clubs.
• Most problem drunk drivers are coming from private homes, not bars or clubs.
• You can not stop all drunk driving and underage drinking from happening, focus on what you can/should do.
  
• You should ask that bars and clubs be allowed to stay open 3 hours past last call
• You should ask for more public transportation to run after last call
• You should promote local cab companies and work with them to promote awareness of alternate transportation.
• You should focus on more severe consiquences for first offense drunk drivers. (many countries you get one offence and you lose your driving privlages for life)
• Underage drinking would decrease if the social taboos against drinking were relaxed, when you remove the mystery, the interest usually drops too.
  
• Underage drinking woudl decrease if the drinking age was lowered back to 18, as recomended and supported by many univirsity studies and university presidents.

There are a lot of things that piss me off about the A.B.C. and groups like this, I think I'll save it for another rant, another day.