“Every day, 28 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver.”
Which doesn’t necessarily equate to 28 people a day dying in motor vehicle crashes *caused* by an impaired driver. If I’m at .10% BAC and driving well, going through an intersection, and some stone sober (but poorly skilled) driver blows a red light and t-bones me, that goes into the “alcohol-impaired driver” statistics, despite the fact that my impairment was not in any was the cause of the accident.
Also, the vast majority of accidents caused by an impaired driver are not caused by people who are barely over the typical legal limit of .08% BAC - they’re caused by repeat drunk drivers who are way over the limit.
Not to say that I support impaired driving, I just feel that over the years the penalties for low-level DUIs where no accident has occurred have become excessively severe.
Low level DUI= cash cow for the state , moo moo buckaroo