The Dec. 18 editorial, “Don’t toke and drive,” about the potential dangers of driving after imbibing in pot and alcohol, felt too focused on the substances when the focus should be on enforcement of the law.
I worked as an emergency room nurse for many years. The anger I felt at seeing innocent people die as a result of irresponsible drivers was all too frequent then and it seems nothing has changed. One particular case still breaks my heart when I think of it.
After reading in the Dec. 19 story “I-205 Samaritan to be sent to hospice,” of the driving-related criminal history of Joshua Frahm, accused of setting off a sequence of crashes that led to the terrible injuries to innocent people on Interstate 205, it feels that there is only one solution to stop this mayhem. A zero tolerance for taking in anything that changes one’s discernment in safe driving should be mandated. Why was Frahm even allowed to have a vehicle?
First offense should be a suspended license for one year. Second offense should be that you lose your vehicle for life. That would be zero tolerance. I realize that some would still break those laws, but if the enforcement was strict, perhaps people would think before partaking in drugs and alcohol before driving.
