A DUI Story: Kind of...
I've heard numerous Oxford DUI stories over the years, from friends, strangers and clients, but this DUI tale is unique. Thanks to Lawrence Taylor of the DUI Blog for bringing Jeff Brown's story to our attention. Jeff relates in this video documentary (interesting but a little long) his experience of receiving a DUI while walking a bicycle and his journey through the legal system in Ohio. Jeff also cites a number of statistics and attacks MADD (more on MADD attacks in a future post). Like I said, the story is interesting, but I don't vouch for his statistical accuracy. Enjoy!
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5/11/2008 2:19 PM
mississippi wrote:
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I hope that guy didn't make that argument to the courts, as a substantive due process challenge to ALL DWI laws. His analysis suffers from a terrible flaw -- he looks at statistics for how many deaths are caused by drunk drivers, characterizes those numbers as relatively low, and then takes that as evidence for the proposition that the DWI laws have no rational basis. The gigantic fallacy is that he is looking at the number of deaths WHILE THE LAWS ARE IN EFFECT. Thus, the drunk driving problem may be small precisely because the laws are working. Rather than biting off more than he could chew, his guy should have instead focused on the absurdity of a law that criminalizes walking a bicycle on private property while intoxicated.
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