Isaac Parker, Tulsa (8/14/2008 5:27:29 AM)

Do you really think an alcohol addict stops to consider the above list? ...not a chance

coogie, (8/14/2008 8:11:33 AM)

DUI arrests are now the new best money generator for the police and courts. Small wonder they are going to throw everything they have toward increasing their revenue. Law enforcement's worst fear is that people will stop getting caught drinking and driving, but as Isaac notes, they will always have customers.

cynical1, Tulsa (8/14/2008 8:24:05 AM)

We should also ban cars, fatty foods, salt, cigarettes, stress, old age, microbial agents, suicide, carcinogens, sugar, pollution and rickety wooden bridges....

QLC, (8/14/2008 8:43:01 AM)

Righton, usually you make a little more sense. They tried banning alcohol and it worked about as good as banning drugs is doing now. And it is so easy to throw out statistics with no backup. How many people died from gun and alcohol last year? How many of the accidents would have occrred anyway, but become a drunken driver incident because someone had a beer?

Coogie is right, this is a money maker for the police.

bear53, (8/14/2008 9:41:05 AM)

history shows anything prohibitive only creates lots of money for organized crime & crooked politicians. let's face it, our ship is sinking & there's no other ship in sight..........

bear53, (8/14/2008 9:42:22 AM)

history shows anything prohibitive only creates lots of money for organized crime & crooked politicians. let's face it, our ship is sinking & there's no other ship in sight..........

WHAT???, Tulsa (8/14/2008 10:36:33 AM)

The more I look at this country, the more I respect Canada!
I used to believe in what this country stood for but GWB has cured that for sure. If we are going to have Royalty we might as well know up front and move to England.

The Patriot, (8/14/2008 12:51:47 PM)

Driving with a .10 blood alchohal level is roughly the same as driving while talking on a cell phone. The Tulsa police department last ramped up their sobriety check points after the bill for the ice debris clean up came due. Hate to say it but the police department is nothing more than a revenue arm of city government. They should change the logos on their police vehicles from "To Protect and To Serve" to "To Collect and to Serve" It would be more accurate.

The Patriot, (8/14/2008 12:56:38 PM)

Is it illegal to set up about 1/2 mile from the sobriety check points with a sign that says sobriety check point ahead? Just a thought.

Popo will arrest you, (8/14/2008 2:45:55 PM)

Dear lord what is wrong with some of you leaving comments that its a money maker for police or trying to drag prohibition/ban list in to the discussion? This has NOTHING to do with either.

This article is about DRINKING AND DRIVING! Are you all drunk right now? I've been a cop for 15 years and I have had to march up to 7 different doors (6 in the middle of the night, 1 during the day) and tell parents, brothers/sisters, spouse, kids that their love one is dead because of some selfish jerk wanted to have a few drinks and get behind the wheel.... 7 times.

Get over yourself, drinking and driving is a serious CRIME that in my opinion should be consider a violent crime. I think you should do a mandatory 10 years in prison for your first offense. Life for your 2nd... and if you're stupid enough to think this is a "money maker for police" get off your rear and do a little research into the impact of drunk driving.

I suspect for someone to make that statement you are probably a repeat offender who is bitter toward the police for arresting you.

If you ever had to see a dead child or any dead body because someone wants to drink and drive it would change your perspective a little. Maybe not for some of the offenders here leaving comments.

So go ahead sit at your desk and talk tough about "DUI arrests are now the new best money generator for the police" or liberals who want to ban everything... and how about "The Patriot" comments that .10 blood alchohal level is the same as talking on a cell phone, did you learn this AMAZING fact from your local bar patrons on from your ACLU website?

Just remember we're out there on the road when you've had a few drinks at the company party, or had a few at your local pub. Tulsa County Jail will leave the welcome light on for you, and I'll enjoy knowing it will cost you a lot of money and hopefully a lot of your time. Maybe you will be fortunate enough to end your night at the jail and not the morgue.

Just remember,

"You have to be lucky every time you drink and drive not to get caught. I only have to be lucky once".

Bliss, Okc (8/14/2008 3:34:07 PM)

Yes Oklahoma, keep punishing sick people....it's served you so well in the past.

bear53, (8/14/2008 3:36:52 PM)

popo, you're as frustrated as i am & it's all in our court system. these people post bond & go right back on the streets doing the same thing without a license or insurance. a recent example happened in my city, a person was killed by a drunk driver, the driver faced manslaughter charges & the judge let him off for less than a year if he went through a certain school. a person from MADD, who was at the trial, was even madder.

Diana D, madill (8/14/2008 3:39:02 PM)

These are the mixed messages we send our children..see honey this is what you will go through....because you're father isn't a policeman, coach, senator, mayor or football player.

plain guy, (8/14/2008 4:03:53 PM)

Folks, I agree with PoPo. Yeah, I'm not proud of it, but I've been arrested for being lucky and stupid. Lucky for getting caught, and stupid for making a no-brainer decision.
I 've seen too many accidents, seen the problems and heartaches that come with booze, drugs and stupid decisions. Be responsible for your actions. If you're tired of getting arrested, maybe you need to find another, safer form of recreation/entertainment. Granted, each person's tolerance for booze is different, but, ultimately, it does impair judgment.
Injuring one person, much less killing someone, alters not only that life, but friends, siblings, children, parents - everyone that person came in contact with.
I've lost friends and relatives - some of you have too.
I don't like government intereference in my life but, unfortunately, it has come to this -checkpoints.
I stay home on the porch or the yard for my drinking entertainment. Anyone can become a designated driver, if you just HAVE to go somewhere. Please don't drink and drive if you are lucky enough to read this. It hurts to lose your friends or loved ones due to a selfish and stupid decision.
Decisions like banning alcohol are inane, like cynical1 suggested. Be an adult. I enjoy drinking at home, where I should've been when I got arrested. I have a lot of friends that drink. I guarantee you, though, that when they do drink, they have someone to get them home safely.
If you don't drink, then that's fine for you. Great! But don't Bible-thump, quote scripture, or preach at others that do. Not everyone follows Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyers or Richards Roberts (for example) and are labeled hypocritical Christians.
I know whereof I speak. I hope everyone can enjoy a long and happy life, doing whatever makes them happy. Just don't point fingers, please.

oldrustytulsa, (8/14/2008 7:02:00 PM)

The Dui, check points, also find illegal aliens, driving With out valid license, No, insurance liability security forms, very few Drunk Drivers.If the cops want to work for the insurance companies ,they should get a bigger cut of the action.

okie rigerunner, small town (8/14/2008 8:49:20 PM)

I agree with Popo. - Alcohol is a mind altering Drug that impairs a person. - so when they over indulge which it does not take much. their mind can not function well enough to drive with out being a danger to others. I will never understand why a person becomes so weak minded they have to use alcohol or any drug to self medicate to feel good about them selves. this weakness is a mental illness with in its self. it is surprising how many weak minded people there are out there. and they are a real danger to the rest of us. if they are to mental to care about their selves and others, they do need to be locked up. they are a danger to them selves and every one around them.

okie rigerunner, small town (8/14/2008 8:58:31 PM)

A few years back i went to visit a friend at a local tulsa prison. and i heard a guard there bragging about going out the night befor to a tulsa club and getting drunk and the woman he met. and where they went. from the conversation he let you know he was drunk and driving. the bad thing he was telling it to some one he was guarding and locked up for the same thing. somethig was wrong with this picture. how many more pictures are there like this. right is right and wrong is wrong. that was wrong.

pistonbroke, (8/15/2008 11:13:47 AM)

While it isn't realistic to ban alcohol is would help to shut down bars and selling cold beer at every store in the state.If drinkers have to go home to chill their beer maybe they will stay there.And the others that insist on driving drunk, maybe they should forfeit their cars and do jail time the first time.To popo and his supporters don't try and sell me that the cities and state don't seek the money for fines and the attorneys ride the gravy train too. I hate drunk drivers as much as anyone,I have lost 5 family members to them and none were punished enough for me.