Drunk driving is most often viewed as criminal behavior that is
best addressed through the justice system. However, in this new
book H. Laurence Ross argues that drunk driving is more than a
criminal issue. It is an inevitable consequence of American
society's almost total dependence on automobile transportation and
acceptance of the liberal use of alcohol as a part of leisure. Ross
offers a more practical approach to the problem of drunk driving,
one that combines criminal deterrence with other efforts to reduce
the number of deaths caused by drivers under the influence of
alcohol. Ross first discusses the deterrence approach to
controlling drunk driving, contending that well-publicized
law-enforcement campaigns aimed at increasing the certainty and
swiftness of punishment are more successful than highly punitive
laws that the target population does not expect to be applied. Ross
then shows how society can couple its legal attack on drunk driving
with institutional responses. His policy agenda includes proposals
to: - reduce the consumption of alcohol by increasing liquor taxes
and restricting the marketing of alcoholic beverages; - deter
automobile use in situations associated with drinking by such means
as establishing curfews on driving by young people and subsidizing
alternative transportation during drinking hours; - diminish deaths
currently associated with drunk driving by instituting measures
that improved car and highway safety generally.
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