Along with the punishment, the government should aid in stronger rehabilitation for teenagers. One third of drunk drivers arrested are repeat offenders (Fell). That means that the punishments they got the first time were not effective enough. New Jersey has an Alcohol and traffic safety education program, but it is not very effective. Along with the rehabilitation and the punishment the teenager has gone through, it is also a good idea to require interlocks. Interlocks are cheap, small and very helpful to erase this issue. They have reduced drunk driving by two thirds (MADD). Right now, it is only required in 17 states because the government is not funding this enough. They gave $20 million dollars for the interlock devices to be used. That might sound like a lot, but with a $3.9 trillion dollar budget, it is absolutely nothing. With these margins, the government would need about fund about $60 million dollars total to get these interlock systems in every state. Even $60 million dollars is nothing to the government. As civilians, we need to bring this topic to the attention of the government for them to take care of this problem. The federal government needs to rehabilitate these teenagers and spend more money on this
Along with the punishment, the government should aid in stronger rehabilitation for teenagers. One third of drunk drivers arrested are repeat offenders (Fell). That means that the punishments they got the first time were not effective enough. New Jersey has an Alcohol and traffic safety education program, but it is not very effective. Along with the rehabilitation and the punishment the teenager has gone through, it is also a good idea to require interlocks. Interlocks are cheap, small and very helpful to erase this issue. They have reduced drunk driving by two thirds (MADD). Right now, it is only required in 17 states because the government is not funding this enough. They gave $20 million dollars for the interlock devices to be used. That might sound like a lot, but with a $3.9 trillion dollar budget, it is absolutely nothing. With these margins, the government would need about fund about $60 million dollars total to get these interlock systems in every state. Even $60 million dollars is nothing to the government. As civilians, we need to bring this topic to the attention of the government for them to take care of this problem. The federal government needs to rehabilitate these teenagers and spend more money on this