Times are different from 1970
@shujin I think there has been an enormous cultural shift since
1970 when drunk driving was a misdemeanor and penalties were
fairly light. Now that we know how dangerous drunk driving is,
there is much greater popular support for keeping drunks off the
road.
The problem is that research shows that distracted driving (on
the phone, texting, GPS-setup etc) is as bad or worse than drunk
driving. But there isn't cultural acceptance of this as being
morally equivalent to drunk driving. (It could be argued, however,
that DWI is for the whole trip, while distracted driving is more
likely to be intermittent).
