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51 Billion Dollar Industry
51 Billion Dollars and rising! Sounds like a company a wise
investor should invest in. After all, having a piece of a 51
billion dollar industry is an exciting prospect, filled with
anticipation for the future right? Not this time. This industry
takes away any hope for the future. Any promise of potential
greatness is dashed to the ground, becoming ashes and dust when
people continue to invest in this business.
Warnings have been issued over the years advising people to
avoid investing in this global industry. Still people chose to
purchase the stock - some one share at a time, others in large
quantities. Each time they invest even one dollar into this
corporation, they participate in destroying their own lives as
well as the dreams and aspirations of others. Family and friends
are even forced into the role of unwitting participants.
The government has taken a stand, as well as various groups
around the globe, making it harder for people to invest in this
corporation. Still people chose to disregard the signs that will
eventually lead to their own demise. They continue their
dangerous path of destruction. Why? Why do well educated human
beings choose a pathway that is known to cause heartache and
utter despair in order to be part of 51 billion dollar industry?
Doesn't this elusive business have enough of our hard earned
money? As well as our personal blood, sweat and tears? I'm sure
you're probably wondering to yourselves "What industry can she
possibly be writing about?" Perhaps you would like to know if
you have somehow missed the hundreds of warnings that are issued
each year about this industry. Well here is the answer: Have you
ever gotten behind the wheel of a vehicle with any alcohol, even
one drink in your system? If you have, then you have invested in
the 51 billion dollar club.
It is estimated that each year 51 billion dollars is spent on
alcohol related crashes. During 2003 (NHTSA 2004a), 17,013
deaths occurred in the U.S. alone because of alcohol impaired
drivers. 2,136 of those deaths were children under the age of
14. These investors have killed the future. This represents
nearly ½ of all traffic related deaths in the U.S.
Most of those murdered were unsuspecting bystanders not the
impaired driver. And that is after all, what this is...murder.
Vehicular Manslaughter. Vehicular Homicide. You can put whatever
name you want on this criminal action to help lesson the burden
of the offenders, but the fact is they knowingly got behind the
wheel of what turned out to be a killing machine and killed.
Although the court system doesn't define it as such, actions of
this sort can even be likened to First Degree Murder. Just look
at the definitions for a moment. Taken directly from
lawforkids.org, first degree murder is defined as: "causing the
death of another person with either the intent or knowledge that
the conduct will cause death and with premeditation.
Premeditation is often described as 'malice aforethought,' which
basically means that you probably considered the consequence of
your conduct for at least a second before you committed the
act."
With all the education available, those who drink and drive know
the possible consequences of their actions before they get into
their vehicle to drive. Yet, still they turn on the ignition,
shift into first gear and off they go.
Why do we allow the death toll from this activity to continue?
Several years ago people used the excuse "There but for the
grace of God go I" to turn a blind eye to the problem. That's
about the time I discovered that the second member of my family,
my sister, had been killed in an alcohol related crash. (Jurors
were sympathetic to the driver of the vehicle, thinking back to
times they had gotten behind the wheel of their car after having
a "drink or two.") The drivers in all these cases got off with a
warning or a light sentence.
I have since lost another 5 members of my family and friends to
these murderers. Lest you think these are mere statistics I am
citing for you, let me put names to my data: Rosie (my cousin,
28 and a mother of a newborn in the car at that time), Janet (my
sister, "twin" and best friend 22), Marsha (my cousin, 25 and
the mother of a five year old in the car at the time), and Lisa
(my counselee, 12) as well
as her mother (36) and her brother
Jonathan (8). As if that wasn't enough, a few weekends ago the
tally in my family went up again.
Natasha, 16 years old, was on the way to her winter ball. A
drunk driver crashed into the side of her vehicle, killing her
instantly and turning her boyfriend into a quadriplegic. Thanks
to yet another driver who chose to be part of the 51 Billion
Dollar Club. This driver hasn't had his sentencing hearing yet.
How can we stop the carnage? Law enforcement has doubled efforts
to curtail DWI's, setting up sobriety checks and adding stiffer
penalties on both the drivers and the establishments they had
been drinking in. Criminal and Civil lawsuits have inundated the
courts. Education has been tripled and pamphlets are even sent
out with our yearly car registration.
There are agencies that offer free rides to any driver who calls
them in need of transportation after drinking. There is also the
option of sleeping in your car, spending 55 cents on a phone
call if you don't have a cell phone handy, or paying $69.00 at a
local motel if all else fails. Yet all of this is obviously
still not enough to detour some people from getting behind their
wheel and taking the life of another innocent victim.
So what is the answer? To tell you the truth, I don't know. But
I do know what will help. From one heartbroken member of these
senseless tragedies, I am going to do what I can to get laws
imposed that require every vehicle have Ignition Interlock
systems installed on them.
Interlock systems are currently used for repeat offenders in
many states around the U.S., but we need a shift from light
punishments and warnings, into prevention. I believe that
installing these units on every new vehicle sold and requiring
them to be installed on every used vehicle in U.S. (a check
could be made during smog inspections to see that the law was
obeyed) would save taxpayers court costs and insurance companies
billions of dollars every year. More importantly, it would save
family and friends the devastating loss of yet another innocent
victim and another trip to the morgue to identify their loved
one.
For those of us who don't drink and drive, it will be a minor
nuisance. For those who do drink and drive, they will fight any
steps that inconvenience their irresponsible and potentially
deadly lifestyle. Think back a little to the seat belt issue.
Many opposed the seatbelt law when it went into affect.
But why were we forced to wear our seatbelts? Because most
people didn't do so voluntarily, and the number of accidental
deaths and near fatal injuries that could have been prevented
was so staggering that government decided to step in and
intervene on our behalf. The deaths and injuries were senseless.
The same holds true here. Drinking and driving is a senseless
and often times unjustly punished crime.
Won't you join me in this fight? Don't let the next phone call
you get late at night be from the hospital telling you a loved
one was injured in a drunk driving accident. Don't let the knock
at the door at 3 AM be from a policeman telling you someone you
loved has just been killed in an alcohol related death. What
price would you be willing to pay for your son or daughter,
sister or brother, mother or father? Forever is a long time. Are
you willing to pay the price for the 51 billion dollar club?
Think about Ignition Interlock systems and contact your state
officials - put the pressure on them. Let them know we won't
stand for the rules of the 51 Billion Dollar Club anymore.
To find out more about what an Ignition Interlock system is and
how it works, please go to: http://www.acs-corp.com/interloc.htm
To contact your local government to find out what you can do to
help, please go to:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cf
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Copyright 2005 Jaci Rae
About the author:
Jaci Rae is the #1 Best Selling author of "Winning Points with
the Woman in Your Life One Touchdown at a Time" ISBN 0974622907
and "The Indie Guide To Music, Marketing and Money" ISBN
097462294X as well as the host of the Jaci Rae show. To hear
Jaci's popular show, with some of the top behind the scenes as
well as famous bands go to: www.jacirae.com click on the weekly
show link.
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