Poll: Does Rhode Island Do Enough to Prevent Drunk Driving?
A MADD reports ranks Rhode Island as one of the worst states in the nation at employing drunk driving countermeasures.
Rhode Island ranks as one of the five-worst states in America at preventing drunk driving, according to a new report by MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). According to the report, Montana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota each earned one star on 1 to 5 scale that measures the effectiveness of each state in passing laws and employing drunk driving countermeasures. According to the report, estate’s rating was determined by adoption of the following proven drunk driving countermeasures: Connecticut and Massachusetts each had three stars. Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Utah were the only states to receive five stars. The report also says that drunk driving kills about 11,000 people annually on U.S. roads.
Jeff
2:06 pm on Friday, November 18, 2011
The District Court Log from November 17 tells you everything you need to know about what the state is doing. There were 4 cases of DUI. 2 defendents pleaded to a lesser charge of reckless driving (no loss of license for one, 30 days for the other), 1 case was dismissed upon a $250 contribution to the VCIF and one pleaded not guility. more ›