Yeah , but the penalties don ' t work . Estimates put the amount of people that get a DUI in the US between 800 , 000 and 1 . 5 million every y e a r p e r c e n t a g e o f p e o p l e i n t h e UShaveaDUIDWIconvictionSo , that obviously isn ' t dissuading people . And I think a lot of people don ' t realize exactly HOW BAD a DUI fucks them I didn ' t until they get one . Run a red light ? $ 300 ticket . Sucks , but life goes on . DUI ? Probation , jail , fines , classes , permanent record that will cost you things 20 years afterwards . And if that many people are ARRESTED for DUI every year , how many more people are actually doing it ? 2 times as many ? 10 ? 100 ? 1000 ? Not to mention the shit ones . I had a friend that left a bar , started driving , felt he was too intoxicated , pulled into a parking lot , and took a nap . Cop woke him up from a dead sleep like 45 minutes later and arrested him . Had he kept driving he would have been fine . Sorry , got a little off track . Sore spot for me