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Show The Drinking Drmkmg Driver Draver DriverBy ( By BT Rob Robert rt W GardD Gardner r Peblcations PeblcationsEd Pnbl Publ caboM caboMEd catiomEd Ed tor lor National Nabonal Canservation CaDSorvabon Bur Bureau au ) Dr nit nk as ng played a part in m one out of ofa ots s a x ! fatal nU.l nUl . ac ace acc dents dente n the Un ! ted d States Stated Statedlast Stateslast I last year Tear Utah pol pot ee ce " records recorda for 1946show 19461show 19461 show that 569 persons n 0 ol of ] ed cd n traft tratt traff c e cacc earc cace acc arc denta dents and 21 of at those thoae k liedwer liedwere lied wer were ur-I ur I ur-1 1 urId ur1der - ur-der ur der - d der r the l influence lucnc ! of ot I 1 quor Througho Throughoit Throughoitthe ThroughOLtthe the tlthe liIquor country count1'7 count17 ' under the influence lUnuence of I li-I li I li liquor . tl - quor la IB is a , reported cond eond t on of between between17 17 11 and 18 IS per cent of ot drivers dnvers in m fatal a an as-c as c . - . c dents dentsThe The notion nol.1on nol1on . that that , , two or three qu ck ckones ckones chones ones w II 11 not imps lD1pa r dnvinfir dnV1ng driving ab It I ty ) ' a . aan san an outworn and worthless worthlesa story to pol c e cand eand cand and mag'lstratcs maglstratcs magistrates ' Tn Traff ! c spec al aI sts agre agrethat agrethat serethat that those people who blandly bel eve tha thaa thaa a 1 I ttle alcohol sharpens sbarpens the r via VI8 on and andI andspeeds andIspeeds , speeds up the r nb ab I ty t ) ' to make spl t 1 1second . second dec sons s ons ana arc are just JWlt lust nvit nV1t ne nil ng ' the ur urI urdertaker urdertaker urdertaker I dertaker " when "hen hen they tbey put that theory theo1'7 theo17 ' mto into mtopract intopract intopract pract cc ce on the highwaysThe highwaysThe highways highwaysThe The safety aarety spec alists aIlBts po pa nt at out that thCTI thCTIare they theyare ) are not try njr ng to moralze moral zc ze nor suggest suggestthnt suggestthat suggestthat thnt that carelto people shouldnot should not dr nk t r f they carel care careto ) to They ThcT only advise adV1se on the has bas s a of at ac acc acc acc c dent records th thtt tMt t mb mb'bcrs mbbcrs ' bers ers shouldoh should ahould 011 ohser ob-Eer ob Eer -1 1 > - - 1ocr ocr ser e a the rules of at safety saretT for th their U ' own ownprotect ownprotect ownprotect protect on and hit ht Mt , of or others Th The rue ruehere ru e ehere ehere here s s mpIe-- mpIe mple- mple mpIer mplef mple - - f r you dr nk don t dr V vef ve C f ( Sou ou nuat nust oust dr e a don t dr nkA nkA nk nkA A recent sur cur ey es whch wh ch cover covered d 34 states statesmd statessad statesind md sad cates sates a current mc increase ase in m druDken drunken druDkendr drunkendr drunkendr dr nil ng n ? ' It shows ncreascs ncreases n arrests and andcon'lct andconvict andconvict , con'lct conlct convict ' ons for drunken dr v nff nil rig ' andn andmore andmore and n nmore more than half oC of o [ the states covered covercd tbe the tbemcress theincreases theincreases mcress increases . r nge age from 50 60 to over 100 per percent percent percent cent . . Per cap eap ta to consumpt on of at d st lled lied liedI lledI I 1 quors " vh "h h wh , ch cb n ounted ousted from tram 1.21 121 . . gallons gallonsper gallonsper gallonsper per cap ta to to 1 36 from 1944 to 194 194a 19 a . ac eelera celeratedits celerated ! d , its ts cl ci mb mh rob in m 1946The 1946The 1346 1946 1346The The Nat ana onal ] Conservation Bureau Bureaupoints Bureaupoints Bureaupoints points out out , , however that the tbe statist SU.tlBt SUtlBt . os cs oson cson cson on drunken driving drlV1ng do not ! tell II the tbe full fullstory fullstory fullstory story The real drunk s seldom ldom gets far farHe farlie farHe He lie ether e th ther r runs off the road or stops and andfalls andfalls andfalls falls asleep But the p person rson who has bas eon con eonsumed consumed consumcd sumed just iust enough alcohol to make h m mf mfeel mfeel f feel el buoyant huoyant or over ovor r conf coif < > n ! dent Is Ispart ispart ispart part cularly dangerous because beeause he doesn t teal tseal tleal seal , eal ze h s . dash d sab I ty This Th18 person unquese unquesenot unquesenot unquescnot not attr butcd buted to drunken dr v ng rig ' because becausenot becausenot becausenot not trr buted to drunken dr v ng rig because becausetbe becausethe becausethe tbe the shock of the tbe ace acc arc dents or of ot be he nil rig rigplaced ngplaced ' placed under arrest arr.t arrt . ha has . a suff surf auff c ently entlystrong entlystrong entlystrong strong effect eftect to remove traces of alcobol alcohol alcobolthus alcoholthus alcoholthus thus making makmg t mpoes mposs ble bIe for the pol ce cc ceto ccto ceto to obta ohta n a necessary necessa1'7 necessa17 ' ev dcnce denee dense to warrant warrantarrest warrantarrest warrantarrest arrest on charges eharges of operat ng nil rig ' a car wb wh Iento lentot lo Ie le lonto nto nto\ nto ntot ntocated \ , < catedOn satedOn cated sated catedOn On the bass has bas s of long cxper exper caper cnce ence care safetT safety safetTleaders safetyleaders safetyleaders leaders recon recess mend that the follow nil rig rigpr nffpr ' pr nc pics pies plus be adopted to curta I 1 opcrat operat on onoC onof onof oC of motor vehdes vch veh des cles des by pc pe sons "Sons " under thenCIuence thenfluence the thenfluence nfluence nCIuence of nto nto\ nto nto'c ntoc ntocants ' \ cants eants eantsI I ( (1) 1 ( ) Use U6e the sc 6e ent eat f t c e teats testa tests w th ade ade- adequate ade- ade adequate adequate - - quate tra n ng nil ' of pol ce ee cc n the app appi appl ! cat eat ani onI anioC onIof onof oC of th these e t"sta tsta tnsts tests " I (2) 2 ( ) Effic Erlc EfTlc ! cnt ent law enforcement progra program . . (3) 3 ( ) Publ PubI c cducat educat on of dangers lD in lDI lDvol invol invol I vol edin cd ed in lD the operat on of a motor , vch Leh eh de ere de"h erewh clevi "h h wh " h Ie le ntox ca ed th the . same .ame ame cducat edueat educat on onnpplled onapplied onapplied npplled applied to pedcstr pedestr ans ens (4) 4 ( ) Kecogn Reeogn Recogn ton t on by the tbe courts of at tbe the tbeser theser theser ser ou- ou au ouness ou.ncss ouncss . - . ness of th s . cr me through tbrough the 'm m cm 'mpas cmpos ' impos pas pos ton t on of appropr te to penalt Denali cs es upon uponth.e uponthose uponthose th.e the those . eon conv cons v cted |