Let's start with a few thoughts on drunk driving. If your state is anything like my state of Michigan, you frequently see public service announcements featuring uniformed police officers warning you that, if you drink and drive, you will do prison time, lose your driver's license, pay hefty fines and end up with a felony record that will make it impossible for you to get a job.
Yet people to drink and drive. Why? Well one reason is that none of the above is really true. Oh it's true in theory. There are statutes that provide for all this. But they are not applied as the commercials would lead you to believe. In reality, people get seven, eight, nine DUI convictions before there is serious thought given to prison time - unless they kill someone. But even then, the perps rarely serve anywhere near what the law permits.