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Drunk Driving: A Habitual Crime
A lot of people underestimate the dangers of drinking and driving. Some, like teenagers simply lack the maturity to make better choices while some, well, despite their age, lack the wisdom to do the right thing.
Take for example, Elizabeth Franck from Windsor who at her age of 46 years old, is still getting caught drunk driving.
According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), Franck was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after driving the wrong way on Highway 101 north of Santa Rosa. It was reported that Franck’s red Chevy Aveo was weaving across lanes, hit several construction cones and even bumped into the center divider.
Franck, after playing bump car, apparently got into more trouble when she took the Airport Boulevard off-ramp and got stuck. She ended up trying to drive northbound in the freeway’s southbound lanes.
Authorities also say that Franck has three prior DUI convictions in the last 10 years. She was driving on a suspended license and was on probation for a DUI offense. She was charged with felony drunken driving and booked into Sonoma County Jail with a $31,000 bail.
Drunk drivers are recidivists, meaning, they are people who are likely to commit the same offense over and over again because of habit. Franck is a classic example, despite having prior convictions and a suspended license, she still got behind the wheel intoxicated.
DUI is already illegal on its own but her act of driving on a suspended license is a crime. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 50 to 75 percent of drunk drivers whose licenses are suspended continue to drive.
As mentioned above, these drunk drivers, even after convictions and penalties imposed, continue to underestimate the effect of alcohol-impaired driving unless the results become tragic. Usually, it would take an accident resulting to grievous injury or wrongful death to open the eyes of a habitual drunk driver.
It was fortunate that Franck’s drunken ride did not result to injury or damage but the next time might not turn out half as well. Others, who also commit the same crime might get away now but then again, another drunk driving incident could set off a series of unfortunate events.
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