You'll also be surprised to know that I don't like MADD and its tactics either. But drinking is a major problem in this Country and the cause of alot of pain and misery.
Everywhere.
Yes, but MADD is deliberately blurring the lines between the people who go driving with a BAC of 0.15+ (sometimes 0.20+) and those whose BAC is 0.09. They classify many accidents as "alcohol-related" even when there is no way alcohol could have played a meaningful role (car with an intoxicated sleeping passenger gets rear-ended by another (sober) motorist). The goal of doing so is to make the problem seem more severe than it is.
Using MADD's statistical techniques, one could demonstrate that nearly any condition is associated with causing accidents. For example, well over 50% of fatal accidents involve vehicles whose licence plate is "odd" [the last character is a 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, A, C, E, G, I, K, etc.]. So should we ban odd licence plates?
Thus, by your own statement, you have proven the point. You are against all alcohol consumption and support any measure to harrass those that chose to use it; responsibly or not.
The vast majority of people out driving after 10 PM are coming from bars and restaurants. If you don't believe me, cruise your city late at night. The malls are closed. The church parking lots are empty. The librarian went home hours ago and the offices are dark. Where do you find cars? In the parking lots of taverns, bars, restaurants that serve alcohol, beer gardens, lounges, and night clubs.
If drinking and driving were the problem that you suggest, there wouldn't be very many of us still alive or walking.
I suggest we go back to the old standard of .15 and make the penalties severe. The .08 driver is not the problem. Why subject him (or her) to financial ruin for driving home on the wrong road?