Drunk driving penalties do not scare offenders

DRUNKDRIVING,page 1 suffers a negative consequence of the behavior,” reported the Journal Studies of Alcohol.

Christine Hyson, director of health and wellness education, agreed with McCarthy saying that, “Whetherthey believe that they’re not intoxicated enough or finding an alternative way home is too much trouble, or that ‘it won’thappen to them again,’they take the chance and drink and drive.”

In a study conducted in July by McCarthy, a group of 900 students at the University of Missouri in Columbia was broken down in three different groups. The first group, no-consequence, was for those who had never experienced the negative consequences of drinking and driving. The second group was friendconsequence, for those who had