Tonya and PQBON's WebLog
Here is a quick summary: A group of 19 year olds were drinking on the American River in Sacramento. At the end of the day they leave the driver of the car they are traveling in is still drunk. As expected the driver crashes his car. He manages to do it badly enough to kill 2 of his 19 year old passengers. It is a sad story and sad ending.
Fast forward one year, the State Senate is going to outlaw alcohol on the river on major holidays. Which is actually an extension of the holiday ban on alcohol ban on the banks of the river. OK makes sense, the numbers support the 3 major holidays in question have big problems. Stupid statement by victims parents:
"If alcohol had been banned on the river that fateful day, Kendall (Lui) and Brian (Haight) would be alive today. We're sure of that," said Lui's mother Peggy Fong. Fong and Susan Haight, the other victim's mother, both spoke today during a news conference in support of the bill.
Last I checked it was already illegal to drink at 19 everywhere in the US. The American River doesn't count as international waters so the drinkers were already breaking the law. Also they got in the car with a drunk driver. The driver was underage and had been drinking. Driving while drunk is also illegal. Why would the kids (at 19 they are still kids) obey 1 new law but not the others?
I understand that the parents are hurting and that a lot of the people drinking on the river are of age I just think they are fooling themselves thinking that an additional law would have saved their kids.
Article on the Deaths: http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=24400
Article on the Bill: http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=29267
Posted by pqbon at June 20, 2007 1:00 PM