Drunk driving

Summary: Authors examine drinking-age laws and other controversial issues related to this topic, including Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) laws, sobriety checkpoints, and forced blood draws.

Item details

ISBN: 0737732393 (lib. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780737732399 (lib. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0737732407 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780737732405 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
136 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2006.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

DUI laws should be more strictly enforced / Mothers Against Drunk Driving -- Drunk driving laws are too harsh / Radley Balko -- A blood alcohol concentration limit of .08 does not save lives / Charles V. Pena -- Roadblocks stop drunk drivers / Jeffrey W. Greene -- Roadblocks target responsible adults / American Beverage Institute -- The legal drinking age should be enforced / Laurie Davies -- The legal drinking age should be lowered / National Youth Rights Association -- DUI cases may be prosecuted unfairly / Joseph T. Hallinan -- Forced blood draws in DUI cases are legal / Bruce Nelson and Tera Ames -- Repeat drunk drivers should be severly punished / National Hardcore Drunk Driver Project -- The future od DWI laws / Lawrence Taylor.