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Originally Posted by Bonded
The only thing that will solve drunk driving is a complete driving ban if a person ever gets a DUI.
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This won't solve it anymore than the death penalty or life in prison solves murders.
People drive drunk because a) alcohol is widely available and socially sanctioned and b) there are not good alternatives for transportation.
a) is going to remain, we're not getting rid of booze, so the solution is to deal with b).
We need more, cheaper, easier to access transit options in cities and rural communities and cmmunities that are built to be walkable and bikeable. The solution to drunk driving is to give people the opportunity to get to and from places without their cars.
A further solution is more, better self-driving vehicles. There need to be legal protections put in place to shield car-companies from self-driving accident liabilities. Not eliminate, but shield. This will spur innovation and development of self driving technology that will save lives.