Cunning,
baffling and powerful is how alcohol AA will describe
Coupled with
a car it makes for a potentially deadly ride
It matters
not whether one is of wealth, intellect or even a high official of a church
It can and
will knock you into the gutter, into jail or off you lofty perch
Heather Cook
the first female Episcopalian Bishop in the Old Line State
Killed a bicyclist
in a DUI hit and run and now faces a 20 year prison fate
A blood alcohol
of .22 which for a woman is quite high
Veering into
a bike lane while texting and another innocent had to die
This is
tragic but there were warning signs she chose to ignore
Four years
earlier another DUI at .27 with vomit on her chest, liquor on the floor
She may or
may not be an alcoholic which is the case I suspect
More important
how do we this carnage of DUIs deflect?
If you
believe that after the first drink
An alcoholic
loses his ability to stop much less of consequences think
If you
believe that unless you live in cities like New York where a car is an
albatross
People will
even with licenses suspended drive to avoid the job loss
What can we
as a nation do to this loss of life and limb block?
Perhaps all
cars should come equipped with a vapor interlock
Like the
catalytic converter to reduce smog or the air bags to save lives
A way to
assist the innocents and the DUI driver to survive
A few drinks
and simply put the car will not start or drive
Lives saved
and the cost of insurance most likely in a nose dive
Lawyers
would lose fees and maybe a few from the practice of law would leave
But a nation
with fewer lawyers and more poets would cause us to cheer not grieve
© January
10, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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