Adults need DUI awareness

Dear editor:

Reading about how the DUI cases in Mountain Home have grown to a "record high" got me thinking about what actions are being taken to prevent such problems?

Seems all that there is to ever hear about in these dilemmas are the negative views based off of the aftermath of these occurring situations.

Defending drunk driving is not my point because preventing drunk driving is a priority in Mountain Home.

Yes, many people do choose to drink and drive without regard to the law, and I rarely see people stopping their intoxicated friends from driving. So I'm not shocked to know there were 93 DUI cases last year, but what shocks me is the two taxi services found in the Mountain Home phone book opposed to the nine different bars. That immediately sounds like a recipe for drunk driving to me for impatiently intoxicated "bar hoppers."

It's true that all it often takes to prevent drunk driving is the inspiring words of a friend to at least rethink the decision of driving drunk. But the thing is that I question often is, "Who is motivating the friend?" I believe it is a chain effect that happens due to public alcohol awareness.

Perhaps these DUI cases could drop if there were more alcohol awareness to the public -- and not just in schools. Adults also need to be reminded just as much as a child does of the effects of a DUI or a DWI.

Brad Gray