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ADVISORY/Coalition to Unveil New Legislation Aimed at Preventing Underage Access to Alcohol; Minors and Adults Both at Risk of Losing Driving Privileges

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Government Data Shows Roving Police Patrols Are Three Times More
Likely to Apprehend Drunk Drivers than Roadblocks

WASHINGTON, As Memorial Day approaches and millions
of holiday travelers take to the nation's highways, The American Beverage
Institute (ABI) encourages law enforcement agencies around the country to
employ the most effective means for getting drunk drivers off of the road.

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ADVISORY. The NHTSA administrator
has said that today's problem is "by far and away" made up of "those who have
alcohol use disorders ."

The American Beverage Institute is an association of restaurants committed
to the responsible serving of adult beverages.

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. "If making a large number of DWI arrests is an objective of a
program , [the data] clearly suggests that roving patrols would be the
preferred option.

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Sobriety Checkpoints Not Effective in Catching Drunk Drivers

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"[T]he number of DWI arrests made by the roving patrol program was nearly
three times the average number of DWIs made by the checkpoint programs ," NHTSA
reported.

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" And a NHTSA study found that "specific deterrence
strategies, like roving patrols that 'hunt down' DWIs, might be the optimum
means for targeting the hard core drinking driver .

Discusses the arguments for and against ALR (administrative license revocation) for drunk drivers.

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What: Press Conference to Announce New Introductory Legislation to
Tighten Laws on Underage Drinking

When: Thursday, February 17, 2005, at 9:00 a. "In
fact, these efforts divert funds and attention away from the real problem.

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Where: State Capitol, North Wing
Atlanta, GA

Speakers: State Senator Casey Cagle
Representative Chuck Martin
Sonya Deen, Southeastern Director of State Government
Relations, Diageo
Bob Dallas, Director of the Governor's Office of Highway
Safety
Paul Byrne, Co-Chairman of Lobby Board, Student Government
Association, Georgia Tech University

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(Senator Casey Cagle and
Representative Chuck Martin will join coalition members of Partners
for Zero Tolerance for Underage Access Thursday morning to announce
legislation that will reduce incidents of underage drinking by denying
driving privileges of minors who illegally consume alcohol and adults
who unlawfully provide it."
"Roadblocks, lower arrest thresholds, and red-ribbon campaigns are not
going to change the behavior of the alcohol abusers who are the source of
today 's drunk driving problem," said ABI executive director John Doyle.AmericanBeverageInstitute.

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The Coalition includes members of law
enforcement, student associations, and leaders in the alcohol industry
committed to preventing underage drinking.
Unfortunately, ineffective tactics widely used today, including roadblocks and
PR campaigns, target responsible adults while they ignore the root cause of
today 's drunk driving problem -- hard core product abusers and repeat
offenders.
Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show
that the average blood alcohol content (BAC) of a drunk driver in a fatal car
crash is 0.

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To learn more visit:
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19% -- more than twice the legal limit. We
need to use the most effective law enforcement methods we have to get drunk
drivers off the road.

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