Drunk Driving (Issues That Concern You)

This essential volume tackles the issues surrounding drunk driving. Readers are presented with a diversity of opinion on each issue, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. Readers will examine the effectiveness of drunk driving laws, and the use of anonymous tiplines. They will evaluate drunk driving among undocumented immigrants, and whether sobriety check points are effective. This collection of essays also examines ignition interlock devices, and the minimum legal drinking age. Essay sources include the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Texas Transportation Institute. Drunk driving laws need to be tougher / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MADD gets madder / Eric Peters Drunk driving laws should focus on impairment, not alcohol use / Radley Balko Anonymous tips should be used to prevent drunk driving / John Roberts Undocumented immigrants are a large portion of drunk drivers / R. Cort Kirkwood Laws targeting undocumented drunk drivers are misguided / Chris Burbank Sobriety checkpoints are effective in preventing drunk driving / Texas Transportation Institute Sobriety checkpoints are ineffective in preventing drunk driving / Patrick Adams Ignition Interlock devices should be required of all convicted drunk drivers / Rebecca Kanable Ignition interlock devices are unreliable / David C. Pilato Lowering the drinking age will not reduce teen alcohol use and abuse / Adrian Lund Raising the drinking age has not been effective / Jeffrey A. Miron and Elina Tetelbaum Appendix: What you should know about drunk driving What you should do about drunk driving. Focusing on topics of special concern to students, this series makes complex issues less intimidating and more accessible; each book presents 10 to 14 readings from a variety of perspectives that allow readers to better understand the topic.; Title explores issues related to drunk driving, the effectiveness of drunk driving laws; use of anonymous tips; undocumented immigrants; sobriety check points; ignition interlock devices; the minimum legal drinking age.; Students must often make informed decisions about serious issues that will affect the course of their lives. Focusing on topics of special concern to students, the Issues That Concern You series helps make these complex issues less intimidating and more a Examines Varying Points Of View On How To Deal With The Problem Of Drunk Driving.