President Obama has nominated former Mothers Against Drunk Driving CEO Charles Hurley to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Longtime automotive writer Eric Peters of the Detroit Free Press discusses the implications here. Peters specifically notes:
"Under Hurley, MADD has been pushing to have the legal threshold reduced to .04 BAC, which would turn anyone who had a glass of wine over dinner into a 'drunk driver' as far as the law was concerned -- and subject them to penalties more severe than those applied to many violent felons."
Shady. Nobody wants drunk drivers on the road but the folks in MADD are simply ridiculous.
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MADD should have stopped being relevant 20 years ago. they were successful in raising the awareness of the drinking/driving problem...but other than that they've been a complete failure.
Shame on Obama for nominating someone like that. In general i've been annoyed with obama's staff picks. the main problem is that his vetting is too strict and is disqualifying too many good candidates.
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