Less Driving Is the Answer to Drunk Driving

According to The Capital Times, Wisconsin has the worst rate of drunk driving in the US. That's unfortunate, but not surprising for Wisconsin.

In the long-run, the best approach to this problem is less driving. We have designed our cities around cars. Many people feel the need to operate a car every day. There is bound to be a percentage of them who are tired, sick, eating, on drugs (such as alcohol), or talking on the phone.

We can and should attempt to stop people from engaging in this distracted driving. The more aggressive we get with enforcement, though, the harder it is to respect people's freedom.

The long-term solution is to give people other transportation options so they can eat, be tired, talk on the phone, take drugs, or whatever they want without it being anybody's business but their own.