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Updated: 4:44 PM Jan 9, 2009
Getting Tough on Drunken Driving Will Be Costly for Wisconsin
Making first offense drunken driving a crime in Wisconsin will cost at least another $8.3 million a year.
Posted: 5:49 PM Jan 8, 2009Reporter: Associated Press |
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Making first offense drunken driving a crime in Wisconsin will cost at least another $8.3 million a year.
That's according to a fiscal estimate prepared for a state lawmaker interested in strengthening the state's drunken driving laws. The Associated Press obtained the memo Thursday.
With the state's budget projected to be $5.4 billion in the red by mid-2011, any proposal that comes with a multimillion dollar price will have a tough time passing.
And, the powerful Tavern League lobby opposes tougher penalties for first offenses.
Another proposal being discussed would make third and fourth offense drunken driving a felony. Another legislative fiscal bureau memo shows that would cost more than $100 million a year, mostly because more people would be imprisoned.
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Well if the state is to worried that it would cost to much then they should pay all the cost for anyone that needs to be buried due to a drunk driver along with paying what most life ins. pay for deaths. See if that would be cheaper!!!!!!! Wisconsin as a state when it comes to that sucks!!!!!!!! ITs all BS
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Maybe all bar owners should have a breathalyzer and require everyone to pass the breathalyzer test before they leave the bar. It would keep drunks off the road and it would save the state millions of dollars.
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Drunk driving causes deaths which should be punished by a felony conviction & a long prison term. Compare the cost of prison to the cost to a family and society for the lose of the life of a person who is a productive-working citizen. I would pick the latter.
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