I think what everyone is missing here is that the danger of riding motorcycles has been greatly increased in the last few years due to cell phone use. This is overlooked due to the emphasis on drunk driving. While drumk driving is admittedly hazardous, I believe studies have shown a driver on a cell phone is just as dangerous as someone with a 0.08 percent blood alcoho level -- and cell phone use is probably far more prevalent. Yet here in California, the penalty for driving while on a cell phone is $20, while the penalty for drunk driving cost you thousands of dollars and potentially time in jail. (As a more ridicules comparison, the penalty for driving in a car pool lane is almost $400). Perhaps MADD should forgo some of there politically correct crusade against relatively low blood alcohol levels and focus on cell phone use.
