Stop the Madness pt. 2

Part 1 when posted 3714 now

Read carefully all the information in the balance of this site and learn how you or someone you know can take a pro-active step and have a direct effect in your own community on the problem of drinking and driving. Yes, you can save lives in your community and make money in the process.

Again, read the information carefully. Remember, it's the right step for your community. Now you can decide if this active step is for you.

Did you know that there are literally hundreds of thousands of commercial establishments licensed to sell and serve alcoholic beverages in the United States?

There is a very real legal risk that the owners of these business establishments assume every day with respect to the sale of alcohol. If one of their customers drinks a sufficient quantity of alcohol until they are legally intoxicated, drives an automobile while in this drunken condition, and injures or kills someone in an accident, the owner of the bar where the alcohol was last consumed can be held liable for damages.

Whether or not you believe this is fair is irrelevant. It is the law in many states. Unfortunately, this law is in direct conflict with the owners' (and bartenders') incentive to sell alcoholic beverages to make money.

Because the potential liability is so high, many bar owners simply shrug their shoulders and ignore the situation. They have to earn a living. Many of the owners reason that if it ever does happen, they'll simply hand over the keys to their establishment and find some other way to make a living.

What happens to the family if the bread winner loses their income who is going to help them. I think the person who sells and hands out these licences should be held responsible, not just the one who sold the alcoholic beverage.

A person's blood alcohol content is influenced by several variables including their body weight, the amount and kind of food they've eaten, the percentage of alcohol in the drinks they've had, the amount of time they've been drinking, the number of drinks they've consumed, and the amount of time since their last drink. That should not matter, no alcohol should be consumed when driving, take a truck driver, if they use a mouth wash they will get a fine or lose their job. A mouth wash will give you a .04 and a ticket, even though it is only in your mouth not your system.