Recently Siskiyou County in Northern California has started a new program to teach kids about the dangers and consequences of drunk driving. The program is called “Every 15 Minutes” and is called that because of the statistic that one person dies every fifteen minutes. It started in Canada and Spokane, Washington was the first city in the U.S.
According to Chief Martin Nicholas of the Weed Police Department, “We haven’t had a fatal accident involving a juvenile DUI. Like the DARE program, I feel that ‘Every 15 Minutes’ has been effective in reaching young people.” (Source)
I did a search to see if there was any programs in San Diego that are similar to the one in Siskiyou County and discovered this one that was started by Naval Station San Diego. This one isn’t target towards kids, but it has a similar name, “Every 15 Minutes — Think Before You Drink”.
MADD has put out programs for students which I do support. However, what I do not like is that schools have to purchase these classroom packs. For some reason I always thought that MADD was a nonprofit organization. Shouldn’t they be providing these types of resources for free?
Many of us were never taught about the dangers of drunk driving. Therefore, if you find yourself charged with drunk driving in San Diego, hire a San Diego drunk driving attorney as soon as possible to help you with your case!
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Repeat drunk driving offenders certainly post a threat to public safety and there have been a number of ideas and programs that have been implemented to deter people from making the same mistake twice. Deterrents include mandates for offenders to attend a victim impact panel (VIP) composed of people who were injured or whose loved ones were killed in a DUI crash, confiscating license plates from convicted drunk drivers, imposing graduated licensing systems for young drivers, and the list goes on and on.
With that said, would a picture of you in the newspaper as one who has been charged for a DUI deter you from drunk driving? For an ex-newspaper publisher in Kentucky, he thought that posting mug shots of people who had been convicted of a DUI would embarrass people and add to their punishment. However, when the new publisher took over, he determined that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that this served as a true deterrent.
The decision to cease posting the papers has met with mixed reactions ranging from disappointment from a rep of MADD to support from a defense attorney. “I never did think it made much sense,” attorney Tom Jones said in a statement. “I haven’t seen any decrease in DUIs. … I don’t think it has much validity as a law enforcement tool.”
What do you think is a good deterrent for drinking and driving?
In San Diego, the sobriety checkpoint is the most common method used to deter drunk drivers that I know of. Get help from a professional San Diego DUI lawyer as soon as possible if you happened to be charged with driving under the influence. Save your license and get help now!
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When you’ve been charged for drunk driving, it can be a stressful process, especially if this is your first offense and you don’t know what to do. Although you aren’t required to hire a lawyer in the state of California, it is certainly better than trying to go at it alone. Here are a few reasons why:
1) Find information quicker. You don’t have to spend hours researching information and preparing your case to the DMV. A lawyer can do that for you.
2) A San Diego drunk driving lawyer can obtain police reports and review them for you. An attorney knows what information to look for to help you with your court hearing.
3) Because DUI laws change often, a lawyer has updated information on laws
4) A San Diego drunk driving lawyer is familiar with the court process and can make the process go more smoothly for you.
Here in San Diego there are many attorneys to choose from, but you want someone who truly cares about his clients. Hire a professional and experienced San Diego drunk driving lawyer.
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