NEW SINCE DAYBREAK: Governor Calls for Tougher Drunk Driving Laws

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Posted: 11:10 AM Oct 24, 2008 NEW SINCE DAYBREAK: Governor Calls for Tougher Drunk Driving Laws Gov. Jim Doyle says Wisconsin needs tougher laws to fight drunken driving and that could include sobriety checkpoints. They are also favored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, but opposed by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. Reporter: Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Gov. Jim Doyle says Wisconsin needs tougher laws to fight drunken driving and that could include sobriety checkpoints.

The governor says most people are in greater danger from drunken driving than someone breaking into their homes.

He says he doesn't think sobriety checkpoints should be banned and they can be useful tools to fight drunken driving as long as safeguards are in place to avoid discrimination.

Doyle's spoke Thursday in response to newspaper articles this week by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Gannett Wisconsin Media did a similar series on drinking in July.

Wisconsin is one of 12 states that do not allow sobriety checkpoints. Mothers Against Drunken Driving supports changing the law to allow them, but Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen does not.

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