[djmcmath]

I'm with 9dreizig on this one. Drunk driving is bad, wrong, and stupid, but the resources that are being applied are just over the top. I was pulled over for suspected DUI once because the cop said I didn't signal. Turns out it was a bad light bulb, but we didn't figure that out until he had hassled me for nigh on half an hour. I was stone sober, of course, hadn't had a drink in probably two days.

The interesting thing to me is that stupid people will continue to do stupid things, regardless of the consequences. I've known people who understood that driving drunk would land them in jail, but they did it anyway. After they get their license suspended, they continue to drive ... drunk. They end up in jail again. We all know that it's a multi-thousand dollar offense that's virtually guaranteed at least one night in jail, if not a lot more, and people still do it. There are road blocks in some places set up for drunk driver apprehension. Cops wait in bar parking lots watching for people to come out drunk and go for their cars. But people still drive drunk. We have reached the point where the people who are still driving drunk should earn an award.