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Shame On You, Tennessee
Category: News Defused
Tennessee has embarked on an innovative approach to drunk driving. Starting Sunday, convicted drunken drivers are required to do 24 hours of roadside cleanup while wearing orange vests emblazoned with the phrase "I am a Drunk Driver." The new Tennessee law uses the power of shame to discourage drunken driving. But -- even the governor, law enforcement officials and various experts are calling it an expensive and bad idea. CNN has the full story of this shameful effort.
The real shame is that almost every state has enacted laws that provide virtually total immunity to the servers of alcoholic beverages to adults no matter how intoxicated the patron may be. And, another shame is that there is no duty whatsoever on a bar or tavern to require any simple test of blood alcohol level as the regulars stumble out the door to the parking lot.
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