DUI Defender

A study recently funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, an organization whose goals are to improve the health and health care of all Americans, recently concluded that increased penalties for DUI do not deter DUI. Researchers looked at the changes in law and policies from 1976 to 2002 and dui arrest and accident fatality data for the same period. The study was conducted at the University of Florida and concluded that despite an increase in penalties the number of DUI’s committed were not reduced. The researchers concluded that the increased penalties had no deterrent effect on DUI.

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