Wisconsin Is #1!!!!!

The upper Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates in the country, according to a government report that says 15 percent of adult drivers nationally report driving under the influence of alcohol in the previous year.

Wisconsin leads the way. The federal government estimates more than a quarter of the state’s adult drivers had driven under the influence. Rounding out the worst five are North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.

1. It isn’t the second hand smoke in taverns that the legislature should be concerned with.

   Our State legislature has always allowed the Tavern League to do a tradeoff calculation balancing their right to commerce versus acceptable deaths.

   Posted by on April 22, 2008 at 2236 hrs




2. It’s the taxes.

   You have to be drunk to pay the tax-burden in this State.

   Posted by dad29 on April 23, 2008 at 0647 hrs




3. This study was based on people being honest when answering whether they had driven drunk in the last year. So I think it’s fairly worthless.

   Posted by on April 23, 2008 at 0913 hrs




4. I agree that the actual number is likely inaccurate.  However, I think it’s safe to accept the state rankings unless we are to presume that there is a different rate of untruthfulness per state.

   Posted by Owen on April 23, 2008 at 0939 hrs




5. So, how do we stack up in drunk driving related accidents vs other states? Do we have better drunk drivers than other states or not?

   Posted by Matt on April 23, 2008 at 1451 hrs