Sweet! Montgomery County tweets drunk drivers’ names in shame game which could work
As we brace for the drunk driving tragedies which inevitably accompany year-end revelries, we applaud Montgomery County officials for a new tactic in the war against drunk drivers. County District Attorney Brett Ligon will start posting tweets on his Twitter account for the world to see whenever a person is arrested for drunk driving, DUI or DWI in that county.
As Chief Prosecutor Warren Diepraam told KPRC News, “We’ve kind of simplified it by using Twitter, putting that information that’s already out there as a public record . . . on Twitter so that people could follow who’s been arrested.”
The idea is to discourage persons from drunk driving via the threat of public humiliation — on top of arrest and possible prosecution. Ligon believes such a tactic could “embarrass the right offender” with the threat of “collateral damages” (public shame) beyond the legal case itself.
While this shame game may or may not pay big dividends, every little bit helps in the war on drunk drivers, who already are at war with America. How so? Drunk drivers have killed more than 500,000 Americans on our roads and highways since 1982. That’s 150,000 more Americans than have died at the hands of all foreign enemies in all wars since and including World War II. And if such carnage doesn’t constitute a war, what does?
In Montgomery County, in fact, drunk drivers are the No. 1 killers. They cause five times more deaths in that county than any other crime, Diepraam says.
So far, Houston’s Harris County has no plans to announce DUI arrests via Twitter — but perhaps it should. And while we’re at it, let’s add another deterrent against drunk drivers which could help curtail drunk driving accidents: the possibility of a drunk driving lawsuit.
If you or a loved one is injured in a car, auto, truck, motorcycle, bus or other traffic accident caused by a drunk driver, alert a drunk driving lawyer or attorney with Jim S. Adler & Associates. We will hold the guilty party responsible for their behavior and fight for your legal rights to just and fair financial compensation. That includes economic recovery for your medical bills, lost wages as a result of the accident, and your pain and suffering.
Just fill out the free case evaluation form on this webpage and a legal representative will respond shortly. Or call us, toll-free, at 1-800-505-1414. Either way, an Adler personal injury lawyer is ready to help you –whether a drunk driver was exposed in a tweet or not.
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