Drinking and driving is one of the more difficult problems for our society to solve. Organizations such as MADD, DUI, and many other groups have gone to great lengths to educate people of all ages on this situation. Unfortunately, in many cases their struggle has not been effective enough. While 80% of drivers have heard of blood alcohol level from an informative paper or commercial, only 20% know what their state's limit is. Essentially, this means that …showed first 75 words of 729 total…

…showed last 75 words of 729 total…lved easily, as a person's decision-making ability is impaired when the decision that might end their life, the lives of their passengers, and the lives of the occupants of another car, is made. Sobriety checkpoints are only one example of what we can do to try to stop drinking and driving as it is happening. The problem of drinking and driving is always going to exist, so the best we can do is minimize it.