Monday, August 31, 2009

DUI

Whatever the appropriate level of penalties, drunk driving laws basically make drinking outside of the home illegal for people who drive. I'm not saying those laws are wrong - drinking and driving is dangerous! - but that's the largely unacknowledged fact. Bars in the middle of big parking lots and otherwise mostly inaccessible by other means are places where lots of people are going to prepare to inevitably break the law.