APD Drawing Blood On Intoxicated Drivers

I am commenting on Adrianna’s blog about the Austin Police Department drawing blood from drivers who are suspected of being intoxicated.

I believe this is a good idea and might be more effective than the breathalyzer. I think the idea of them possibly being poked with a needle if they are pulled over will make them think twice about drinking and driving. Many people are killed by drunk drivers every year and we need to do anything in our power to try and lower this number. I did some research on this topic and found that the Austin DWI patrol officers will be trained to draw blood, so there’s not some random officer drawing your blood that doesn’t know what he’s doing. Anyone who is against this and says that it invades our rights can simply just take the breathalyzer test. But people can avoid this conflict all together if they would just stop drinking and driving.

I think Adrianna did a good job of getting her point across and expressing how she felt about the situation. She says that this program would help encourage everyone to have a safer weekend, which is exactly what we need. Her blog was well written and I agree with everything she had to say.