Preliminary data just released by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows fatal crashes up 8% with no improvement in DUI related fatalities stuck at 30+% for the last 16 years.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 16, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- "Over 27 Americans are being killed each day, 7 days a week by DUI drivers and no one seems to care" says Al Crancer, former NHTSA researcher and head of DUIdeathsmatter.org. "That is 10,000 Americans being killed each year."
During this period the National approach of "Over the limit, under arrest" and "Drive sober or get pulled over" has not worked with 67% of the DUI drivers in fatal crashes at twice the BAC limit, and arrests declining 35% per licensed driver during the same period.
On the NHTSA website, the premier table http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Trends/TrendsAlcohol.aspx showing alcohol trend data clearly shows no improvement since 1999 and shows no reduction in the 30+% of fatalities alcohol related.
"NHTSA would have to be blind not to notice the lack of progress in reducing DUI fatalities at 30+% since 1999." says Al Crancer. "America is spending billions of dollars on protecting the USA from ISIS and more Americans were killed due to drunk driving last weekend than were killed by the ISIS shooter in Orlando several weeks ago. As Pogo once said, "We have met the enemy and he is us!"
We propose a return to the disease prevention approach where intervention & quarantining (IQing)) of impaired drivers prevent them from driving as was popular in the late 1990s when the "Friends don't let friends drive drunk" approach was used. This approach is very unpopular with the beverage and restaurant industry since it is perceived to reduce sales of alcohol.
For more information on what you can do to help correct this problem, please contact us at http://www.duideathsmatter.org/ or acrancer@bureaucat.com
About Al Crancer Jr.:
Crancer lives in Moraga, Californian today is the principal of Crancer and Associates, a statistical research group that conducts research and analyses in traffic safety. In addition, Mr. Crancer has published numerous research articles that appeared in such journals as Science, Journal of the American Medical Association, and the American Journal of Psychiatry.
About DUIDeathsMatter.com:
DUIDeathMatters.com is an advocate for reducing DUI fatal automobile accidents through a disease prevention approach," Intervene to Isolate & Quarantine (IQ)", along with legislation to reduce the BAC legal limit to 0.05% in the United States. http://www.duideathsmatter.org/
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No Improvement in Drunk Driving in US for the 16th Year In A Row 8% Increase in Total Fatalities over Last Year
July 16, 2016 at 03:00 AM EDT
