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Public transport, less restrictive zoning would reduce DWI

There's been lots of discussion lately about DWI enforcement, with Harris County implementing a new so-called "diversion" program that really diverts more people to jail and Dallas preparing to expand its "no refusal" blood draw program full-time in September.Maybe it's time, though, to think outside the box on DWI instead of relying solely on criminal enforcement.My better half observed recently that in London there's not nearly so much drunk driving as here because there's good public transit and a bar within walking distance in virtually every neighborhood. Examining data from Texas vs. the UK (pdf), our police make about one DWI arrest per 244 residents annually, while in England and Wales that figure is one out of 499. They also have FAR fewer alcohol-related traffic deaths compared to Texas (1,544 vs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).