Mak Faene The solution to the problem of people driving under the influence of alcohol and hurting other people in the process, has come. I submit that people who do not drive while intoxicated should stay the hell off the roads. Let the drinkers have them. How many times do we need to hear about this person or that who lost their daughter, their husband, their baby, etc. to a drunk in an automotive accident? It seems like I hear this sort of thing on a regular basis and without fault. It's like hearing about a tornado hitting a trailer park. There are tornado seasons and their are drinking seasons, so why not just solve the problem? All we have to do is stay off the roads. No more weeping over lost loved ones and no more time spend slapping offenders on the wrist and no more "killed by a drunk driver" scenarios. Just stay off the road! Like deadly tornadoes drinkers do tend to be expected more during certain times of the year. Thus they can, for a good part, be predicted and avoided. Drinkers like holidays so stay off the roads two weeks leading up to Halloween, between the Thanks Giving and New Year's, Easter, spring break and the entire summer. Also, drinkers seem to enjoy impairing themselves after the sun goes down, so from twilight to sun rise, stay off the roads. Of course there are always miscellaneous celebrations that cannot all be accounted for; birthdays, graduations, weddings and the like so it's probably best to stay ten meters from any roadway for your entire life. It's the only way to be sure. Then you'll have nothing to complain about and nothing to fear regarding the responsibility of others in this matter. After all if you use roads you know to be traveled by inebriated drivers then you're pretty much asking for it, aren't you? Oh, sure some may tell you that there are other solutions to the D.U.I. problem but what kind of solutions are they if they haven't solved anything yet? Poster campaigns? Shocking awareness commercials on television? Hasn't eradicated the problem has it? All the logic in the world isn't going to help the majority of the population's low self worth, self esteem and need for the courage and confidence in a bottle that is alcohol. Alcohol makes your problems go away doesn't it? Or at least it let's you forget about them for a while; it lets you relax and feel good for a little bit. And hey, anything you do drunk is fine, because it's not your fault, you were drunk! Numerous courts have agreed, you can't be held responsible for D.U.I. or rape or god knows what, you were drunk, it's not your fault. And why is that? Why should you have to avoid the roads for fear of being rundown, side-swiped, killed by a drunk driver? Is because the law doesn't protect you? Is it because the alcohol industry owns the government and thus society? Is it because government fails to acknowledge that alcohol is a drug and should be controlled? Is it because you don't actively do anything to change things? Is it because you innocently drink alcohol too? Yes. The answer to all the questions is, yes. That's exactly why. So stay off the roads or do something to make them safe, starting with yourself.