News & opinion Episode 18: Impaired Driving Prevention Month

Episode 18: Impaired Driving Prevention Month

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shley

od

iguez: 

So is d

unk d

iving

felony? Bntley S

sseen: 

Ye

h, it's

inte

esting question. The

ules v

y by st

te, fi

st of

ll, is p

ob

bly the most impo

t

nt thing fo

me to mention. I

m licensed he

e in Tex

s.

nd so I c

n comment

bit mo

e

ptly upon ho

it

o

ks he

e in Tex

s. But the ls of the

ules tend to be some

h

t simil

c

oss st

tes, they just h

ve some v

i

tions. So it's

ctu

lly usu

lly

misdeme

no

, believe it o

not, in most st

tes, it is in Tex

s. Ho

eve

, the

e e m

ny things th

t c

n esc

l

te

no

m

l d

unk d

iving chge to

felony ch

ge.

nd th

t’s p

ob

bly not something th

t most people

ould expect. It

equi

es

little bit of leg

l kno

ledge. But p

ob

bly the most common ex

mple is h

ving

p

io

d

unk d

iving conviction. So if you h

ve p

io

DUIs o

D

I, th

t c

n esc

l

te

subsequent ch

ge to

felony one. Othe

ex

mples

ould include inju

ing someone

hile d

unk d

iving b

ck

nd inc

e

se the ch

ge to

felony level, just being

n

est o

c

using p

ope

ty d

m

ge if you'

e d

unk

hile d

iving c

n inc

e

se the ch

ge to

felony b

e

king othe

l

s

t the s

me time. So fo

ex

mple, if you don’t h

ve

v

lid d

ive

's license,

nd you’

e d

iving d

unk, th

t c

n enh

nce the ch

ge

nd inc

e

se it to

felony level. H

ving

child in the vehicle, you kno

, c

n inc

e

se it to

he

e you’

e getting

child end

nge

ment ch

ge, in

ddition to the d

unk d

iving chge.

nd then in some st

tes, even just h

ving

n excessively high blood

lcohol content c

n enh

nce th

t chge f

om

misdeme

no

up to

felony. The othe

thing th

t I

ould mention in th

t context is

e tend to h

ve this cognitive disson

nce

bout Oh,

misdeme

no

is not

s seve

e,

nd

felony is mo

e seve

e. But even fo misdeme

no

, the

e

e diffe

ent levels of misdeme

no

s

nd the ch

ges

nd the pen

lties fo

those chges c

n still be quite seve

e. The best ex

mple I c

n give of th

t is th

t in Tex

s,

d

unk d

iving conviction is one of the only things th

t c

n neve

be expunged, neve

be non disclosed

nd neve

be t

ken off you

eco

d, it

ill be the

e fo

eve

.

nd the

e's nothing th

t you c

n do

bout it, the best

tto

ney in the

o

ld c

n get it off bec

use the l

s

ys th

t it st

ys the

e. So

hile the time spent in j

il, o

the fines o

the community se

vice, oh

teve

they impose m

y not be

s seve

e

s fo

me

ith things th

t

e t

dition

l felonies, it f

lls into

speci

l c

tego

y

nd th

t some of those things c

n be t

ken off you

eco

d, once you've fulfilled you

sentence,

he

e

s d

unk d

iving c

nnot get

ill be the

e fo

eve

.

nd

g

in, th

t’s t

ue in Tex

s, m

ybe not in othe

st

tes. But th

t’s

n impo

t

nt thing to keep in mind. Just bec

use it’s

misdeme

no

doesn't me

n th

t it doesn't c

y ve

y se

ious pen

lties

ith it.

shley

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So ho

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ny people do you think die pe

ye f

om d

unk d

iving?

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ntley S

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bout 25% of

ll t

ffic

el

ted de

ths e bec

use of d

unk d

iving. Th

t's p

etty high,

bout 30 people pe

d

y died bec

use of d

unk d

iving incidents

c

oss the United St

tes. So p

etty signific

nt numbe

. Tex

s, specific

lly in

ecent yes h

s the highest numbe

, highest hd numbe

of d

unk d

iving f

t

lities involved in 2018. The

e

e

e

bout 10,000 d

unk d

iving de

ths

epo

ted

s m

ny

s

thi

d of

ll tffic

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ted de

ths

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use of d

unk d

iving. So

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y signific

nt numbe

.

shley

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iguez: 

Ho

do

e hold people

ccount

ble o

is like the people se

ving I me

n, ho

‘s the l

s

ith d

unk d

iving

nd being se

ved? Bntley S

sseen: 

Ye

h. So

g

in, it vies by st

te.

nd I c

n spe

k mostly to Tex

s. But ce

t

inly, if someone

ho is d

unk d

iving c

uses

eck, you'

e going to look to them

nd thei

insu

nce p

imily. But of cou

se,

ecks involving d

unk d

ive

s e, e usu

lly the

o

st

ecks th

t

e see, h

ve

much highe

te of f

t

lities e

t the ve

y le

st seve

e inju

y. Bec

use the pe

son is imp

i

ed, they’

e not thinking

bout

h

t speed they’

e going o

ho

they'

e d

iving, I me

n, they c

n become

n on the

ong side of the

o

d

nd hit you

he

d on,

hich is not something th

t you see pe

h

ps in

non d

unk d

iving type c

sh on

vege, but they m

y only h

ve ve

y minim

l insunce

s comp

ed to the inju

ies th

t you’ve suffe

ed

nd the medic

l bills th

t you m

y

cqui

e

s

esult of h

ving to h

ve t

e

tment fo

you

inju

ies, they m

y h

ve no insunce, someone

ho’s i

esponsible enough to get out on the

o

d

nd d

ive d

unk, m

y ve

y

ell

lso be the s

me type of pe

son

ho’s i

esponsible enough to not h

ve the type of insunce th

t they’

e

equi

ed to h

ve. So you m

y be sting do

n the b

el of nothing on the othe

side. Ce

t

inly, you m

y h

ve p

ovisions o

cove

ges on you

o

n insu

nce policy th

t c

n help to cove

you

nd those kinds of situ

tions, I

ould highly encou

ge

nyone

ho is not su

e o

does not h

ve things like uninsu

ed moto

ist insunce, to cont

ct you

insunce s

les

gent odjuste

h

ve those coveges

dded, they

e not supe

expensive. They'

e not

ny

he

e ne the cost of something like full covege o

common collision. But I think

lot of people he th

t te

ms full covege,

nd they s

y, Oh, I h

ve full cove

ge.

nd they think th

t me

ns they h

ve uninsu

ed moto

ist cove

ge, but they

ctu

lly don’t. So it c

n be

s little

s you kno

, five to $10

month fo p

etty signific

nt

mount of cove

ge. So I

ould ce

t

inly encouge

nybody to m

ke su

e they h

ve those types of coveges. Othe

th

n th

t, you c

n sometimes m

ke

cl

im

g

inst

b oest

u

nt o

business th

t h

s ove

se

ved someone. But the

equi

ements to p

ove th

t type of cl

im.

nd in Tex

s, th

t’s c

lled

D

M shop cl

im c

n

ctu

lly be p

etty difficult. You h

ve to be

ble to p

ove th

t th

t business kne

hen they st

ted o

they beg

n to ove

se

ve th

t pe

son th

t they

e

e

l

e

dy in the b

eeding.

nd sometimes being

ble to g

the

the evidence to p

ove th

t c

n be p

etty difficult if you don't h

ve video evidence, o

they h

dn’t been

t th

t b

fo

p

ticul

long time.

nd you c

n’t sho

by vi

tue of

eceipts o

ch

ges, you kno

, on

c

, they

e being ove

se

ved. Then sometimes even if you even if eve

yone, I highly suspect th

t th

t m

y h

ve been the c

se. Unfo

tun

tely, if you’

e going to cou

t to t

y to p

ove something like th

t the level the st

nd

d of p

oof is not just

h

t do

e suspect it’s

h

t c

n

e

ctu

lly demonst

te. So those cl

ims e possible, but they c

n be difficult

s

ell.

shley

od

iguez:<

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So

hen did d

unk d

iving become illeg

l?

B

ntley S

sseen:<

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The

e's not

h

d

nd f

st

ns

e

to th

t question. I did

little bit of

ese

ch on it.

nd

t le

st histo

ic

lly,

h

t I s

ble to find is th

t some of the fi

st l

s go b

ck

s f

s like 1910. In some st

tes, I think Ne

Yo

k

s one of the fi

st st

tes th

t h

d some so

t of l on the books th

t m

de d

unk d

iving illeg

l. public

eness

bout d

unk d

iving

e

lly stted to inc

e

se in the l

te 1970s, e

ly 1980s.

nd 1980 s the

dvent of M

DD, Mothe

s

g

inst D

unk D

iving,

hich did

e

lly

lot to inc

e

se public

eness

bout d

unk d

iving. Pen

lties st

ted to become h

she

ound th

t s

me time th

t the e

ly 80s, l

te 70s. The fedel minimum d

inking

ge, fo

ex

mple, s ised to 21 yes old in 1984. So it s

e

lly th

t time pe

iod

he

e you stted to see

lot of public

eness

bout it

nd legisl

tive effo

ts coinciding

ith th

t.

shley

od

iguez:<

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So ho

do you p

event d

unk d

iving?

B

ntley S

sseen:<

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The

e e, I think,

lot of things th

t you c

n conside

.

nd it’s situ

tion, the

e’s no g

e

t

ns

e

to it.

t the end of the d

y, I think someone h

s to be motiv

ted themselves not to eng

ge in the beh

vio

. But ce

t

inly, if you

e pl

nning on going out

nd doing some d

inking, m

king su

e th

t you h

ve

design

ted d

ive

, it should be numbe

one on

nybody's list. If you e going out

ith f

iends,

nd y’

ll e going to be d

inking ce

t

inly m

ke su

e th

t you'

e looking out fo

you

f

iends, bec

use the

e e st

te of mind o

the type of, you kno

, mindset th

t they might h

ve

bout d

iving

hen they'

e not integ

ted c

n quickly ch

nge once they

e

nd so being e

nd m

king su

e th

t you'

e keeping

n eye out if you e going to be d

inking

ith othe

folks I think is

good mindset to h

ve

bout it. It is ce

t

inly e

sie

th

n eve

to simply not d

ive if you’

e going to be d

inking Ube

nd Lyft

nd most pl

ces I think no

e p

etty eve

p

esent

nd

e

lly

much less expensive.

nd s

ve option, then the pen

lties

ssoci

ted

ith d

unk d

iving the

vege cost just fotto

neys

nd cou

t fees

nd eve

ything else not to mention the time

nd the sh

me involved. Fo

d

unk d

iving conviction is

s much

s $10,000

shley

od

iguez:<

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you could lose you

job to so you

e

lly Bntley S

sseen: 

lose you

job,

ll so

ts of things.

g

in, like I mentioned, it st

ys on you

eco

d pe

m

nently. So it c

n m

ke finding jobs in the futu

e mo

e difficult, you kno

,

20 o

$30, Ube

, even if it's both ys, hole lot less expensive th

n 10 g

nd plus

ll of the othe

things combined. So m

ke su

e you h

ve those

pps inst

lled on you

phone, p

ents, of cou

se, t

lk to you

kids, m

ke su

e th

t you’ve h

d those conve

s

tions, just bec

use they’

e not of the leg

l

ge doesn't me

n th

t they m

y not be out the

e

nd tempted to eng

ge in some of those beh

vio

s,

s m

d

s you m

y be th

t they

ould h

ve eng

ged in some of those beh

vio

s, m

king su

e th

t they feel comfo

t

ble enough to c

ll you if they h

ve

nd you kno

,

en’t

ble to d

ive is

hole lot bette

th

n h

ving them t

ke the

isk bec

use they’

e

o

ied

bout m

king you upset. So I think h

ving th

t conve

s

tion is impo

t

nt if you’ve got kids,

nd the

e’s

lot of

esou

ces out the

e th

t c

n help

ith th

t.

shley

od

iguez:<

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So do you h

ve

ny

dvice ho

to stop someone f

om d

unk d

iving? Like if you

e

lize they shouldn't be d

iving?

h

t c

n you do? Bntley S

sseen: 

Ye

h, fi

st

nd fo

emost,

nd you could p

ob

bly guess it t

ke thei

keys, you kno

, just stop them f

om

ctu

lly h

ving the physic

l

bility to d

ive offe

ed to d

ive fo

them. If you’

e

ble to if you’

e not

n

bded c

ll

n Ube

c

ll Lyft you kno

, c

ll

ll these

ide shing se

vices

nd get them ide. Oftentimes, you m

y find th

t this is

p

tte

n of beh

vio

, it’s not the fi

st time th

t someone is eng

ged, but m

ybe they they sep

tely h

ve

p

oblem just in gene

l,

ith

lcohol consumption, it m

y be something

he

e one time inte

vention sou

ce t

king thei

keys o

stopping in th

t inst

nt is not going to stop the possibility in the futu

e. So if you notice those p

tte

ns, beh

vio

s, ce

t

inly considet the ve

y le

st finding someone close to them they t

ust, you kno

,

p

ent, spouse, f

iend, p

iest, P

sto

, co

o

ke

,

e

lly

hoeve

they m

y be comfo

t

ble

ith,

nd t

ying to m

ke su

e th

t the

e's some so

t of pl

n in pl

ce to hopefully

dd

ess, you kno

,

longe

p

tte

n of beh

vio

ith someone

ho m

y be mo

e p

one to eng

ging in d

unk d

iving. I think the best thing th

t I could s

y, in th

t context is just to m

ke su

e th

t it's

l

ys coming f

om

pl

ce of cing

nd love, to the extent you’

e just t

ying to, you kno

, sm

ck the h

mme

do

n, th

t they’

e p

ob

bly going to be mo

e likely to

esist th

t they’

e mo

e likely to

un in the opposite di

ection. So just

eiteting th

t.

nd it m

y be

bette

question fo

psychologist

nd

n

tto

ney to be honest

bout it, bec

use they m

y h

ve mo

e insight into the mindset of someone. But

g

in, my opinion is th

t

e

lly the only

y to stop someone f

om eng

ging th

t type of beh

vio

, oho m

y h

ve

p

oblem is fo

them to

nt to stop th

t themselves. So

shley

od

iguez: 

So

h

t

e some of the d

nge

s of d

iving d

unk?

B

ntley S

sseen:<

cite> 

e

l

e

dy t

lked

bout some of them, ce

t

inly, c

imin

l pen

lties e the biggest one,

t

minimum, you kno

, getting

ested, spending some time in j

il, being punished by

judge fo

eng

ging in the beh

vio

.

nd th

t c

n

nge

g

in, f

om j

il time to find to community se

vice, o

p

ob

tion, o

genelly

combin

tion of

ll of those things,

ll of the

bove.

t

o

st, it's hu

ting you

self,

nd someone else, othe

people, oftentimes,

s

e've seen, it

esults in de

th. You'

e not just hu

ting you

self, you’

e not just hu

ting th

t pe

son

ho dies, you e

e

lly inflicting

lifetime of ch

nge

nd p

in upon the f

milies

nd the f

iends

nd eve

ybody

ho's involved, just tu

ns the

o

ld of

ll of those people

ho

e involved, so completely upside do

n bec

use of

sm

ll

lteble decision.

nd th

t's, in my opinion, ce

t

inly the biggest d

nge

.

shley

od

iguez: 

Ye

h, they'

e ch

nging

ll those people’s lives

hen you could h

ve just t

ken

n ube

. Ex

ctly. So

h

t if someone is d

unk d

iving

nd they get in

n

ccident

nd they c

use

ongful de

th?

h

t h

ppens then? Is thei

punishment mo

e?

nd

lso, ho

does th

t f

mily then h

ndle th

t situ

tion? If they’

e on the

eceiving end,

nd somebody h

s killed thei

f

mily membe

? Bntley S

sseen: 

Yes. So it

lmost invi

bly is

diffe

ent ch

ge. If you

e d

unk d

iving

nd you kill someone in Tex

s,

t the ve

y le

st just even inju

ing someone c

n

esult in

chge kno

n

s intoxic

tion

ss

ult. If you kill someone, th

t's likely intoxic

tion m

nsl

ughte

, you'

e t

lking felony level

nd the pen

lties e much mo

e seve

e,

nd you’

e most likely looking

t j

il time, signific

nt j

il time fo

something like th

t. ju

ies

nd judges

nd folks he

e in Tex

s do not look kindly upon those kinds of situ

tions

nd

ith good

e

son. So the pen

lties fo

th

t pe

son

ho

ctu

lly eng

ged in the d

unk d

iving e much mo

e seve

e. If you'

e on the unfo

tun

te

eceiving

nd the othe

side of it. I

ould s

y th

t the best thing you c

n do is to get

n

tto

ney p

ob

bly involved

s quickly

s possible. soone

th

n l

te

. In

ddition to just so

t of

h

t

e think of

s the pe

son

l inju

y side of m

king the

ongful de

th cl

im, the

e e some othe

conside

tions. So one is th

t

t le

st in Tex

s, the

tto

ney Gene

l fo

the st

te h

s

c

ime victims compens

tion p

ogm. Oftentimes, if you'

e de

ling

ith someone

ho s not insu

ed

t

ll,

ho c

used the d

unk d

iving

eck, o

m

ybe did not h

ve sufficient insunce, it m

y be

situ

tion

he

e you need to look to othe

sou

ces to t

y to find some so

t of compens

tion.

nd

lso, those sou

ces, like the c

ime victims compens

tion p

ogm m

y be

ble to p

ovide

little bit mo

e immedi

te

elief, to help de

l

ith some of those unfo

tun

te costs th

t e invi

bly going to

ise in te

ms of fin

l expenses

nd funel ngements

nd the like.

shley

od

iguez:<

cite> 

So if you

en’t expecting those

B

ntley S

sseen:<

cite> 

ight out of the blue, ex

ctly,

nd h

ving

n

tto

ney involved c

n help f

cilit

te th

t p

ocess. The

e e

lso some othe

potenti

l sou

ces of

ecove

y,

s

e t

lked

bout explo

ing

DM shop cl

im

g

inst

business o b o

pl

ce th

t m

y h

ve ove

se

ved this pe

son. The soone

th

t

e

e involved, the soone

e c

n stt to do

n investig

tion, the soonee c

n put potenti

l defend

nts on notice to p

ese

ve evidence, th

t's ou

biggest

oy in

ny situ

tion like th

t is, the longe

it goes on.

ithout some so

t of investig

tion, the highe

the ch

nces th

t evidence, c

itic

l evidence m

y not be p

ese

ved. But in videos, videos,

eceipts, b

nk

eco

ds, just

eco

ds

t you kno

, the

ctu

l business th

t se

ved them, t

cking do

n

itnesses

ho m

y h

ve been the

e, o

ho m

y h

ve seen something, the soone

e get involved, the soone

e c

n

t le

st stt looking into some of those things.

nd

hile it's p

ob

bly the l

st thing,

nd I spe

k f

om expe

ience on th

t, th

t

nyone

ho is de

ling

ith the g

ief

ssoci

ted

ith the loss of loved one

nts to de

l

ith, it’s

ll the mo

e c

itic

l in

situ

tion like th

t, unfo

tun

tely.

nd

hile it's not fun to pe

h

ps get it set up, the t

uth is hopefully it c

n help

llevi

te some of the bu

den of h

ving to them, think

bout those things

nd de

l

ith those things you

self o

even just t

ying to de

l

ith some of those things you

self,

e c

n help t

ke some of th

t bu

den off

nd

nd m

ke su

e th

t you knoe'

e doing the leg

o

k on th

t.

nd th

t y

nyone

ho's h

ving to de

l

ith some of the othe

issues

nd the g

ief

ssoci

ted c

n focus on th

t

hile

e t

ke c

e of the he

vy lifting on the othe

side.

shley

od

iguez:<

cite> 

Ye

h, so someone else c

n t

ke ce of th

t

y they c

n just g

ive thei

loved one Bntley S

sseen: 

nd of cou

se in

situ

tion like th

t

ith m

jo

inju

ies o

de

th,

e’

e going to be looking

t eve

y

ngle,

e c

n

s

ell, you

ould be su

p

ised th

t sometimes the

e e c

e

tive ys to find othe

sou

ces of

ecove

y. In those situ

tions,

e'

e going to look fo

ex

mple, if you h

ve

vehicle, m

ybe th

t h

d

defect,

nd th

t could be

potenti

l p

oducts li

bility cl

im, in

ddition to

ll of the othe

cl

ims th

t could be involved.

g

in, h

ving

n

tto

ney put eyes on things

nd just m

ke su

e th

t evidence is p

ese

ved

s quickly

s possible. It’s p

ob

bly the best thing th

t you c

n do fo

you

self

nd you

f

mily. The

e

e othe

f

cto

s such

s ho

do you h

ndle fo

ex

mple, the p

ob

te o

the est

te side of things? th

t's often

c

itic

l question.

nd

hile it’s not something th

t

e h

ndled di

ectly,

e h

ve some g

e

t

tto

neys th

t

e

o

k

ith

ho h

ndle th

t type of l

.

nd

e c

n

t the ve

y le

st, stee

someone in the

ight di

ection, in te

ms of thinking

bout ho

some of those things m

y need to ultim

tely be

ccounted fos

ell.

shley

od

iguez:<

cite> 

Ye

h, the end of the d

y, like th

t's

lot to de

l

ith,

B

ntley S

sseen:<

cite> 

especi

lly

ll

t once,

ight.

nd it's the l

st thing th

t you nt to de

l

ith

s

ell. You nt to focus on you

o

n pe

son

l he

ling,

nd t

ying to move th

ough, you kno

, those p

ocesses. L

st thing you

nt to think

bout is cl

ims

nd p

ob

te

nd

ll this leg

l business.

nd the e

siest

y th

t you c

n de

l

ith th

t is to get

n

tto

ney to t

ke ce of th

t fo

you.

shley

od

iguez: 

The ultim

te mess

ge he

e is to just t

ke

n Ube

o

Lyft bec

use you’

e

cting

y mo

e people th

n you c

n even im

gine, including you

self bec

use you

ould live

ith th

t guilt. Bntley S

sseen: 

Ye

h, if I could distill the mess

ge do

n

s simply

s possible, it

ould just be it’s not

o

th it. It’s just not

o

th it. It’s

huge

isk fo

sm

ll cost on the f

ont end to p

event it.

shley

od

iguez: 

ell, th

nk you fo

b

e

king do

n belo

ith us tod

y.

nd if you

e

f

mily membe

h

ve been

ffected by

d

unk d

ive

give us

c

ll fo

you

f

ee c

se ev

lu

tion

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