The Grand Forks Herald today has an editorial praising Minnesota for their progress in reducing DUI-related fatalities, and lashing North Dakota for failing to achieve the same progress. The editorial is correct in a top-level sort of way. Minnesota has made tremendous progress on this front. From 1998 to 2017 the state saw a more than…
Maybe We Should Spend Less on Arresting Drunk Drivers and More on Getting Them Home Safe
We should be doing a better job of tracking the impact ride hailing services like Uber and Lyft are having on drunk driving rates in North Dakota. We have spent literally decades making various changes and reforms to our traffic laws in an attempt to curve the very real problem with driving under the influence.…