An expensive city law designed to shame drunk drivers into staying off the roads may not be having the effect politicians intended.
In fact, the law may be having no effect at all.
“We don’t believe there’s any research – not any that I’ve seen and not any that our national office has been aware of – that really shows that there is an effectiveness in deterring the drunk driving issue,” said Lora Lee Ortiz, head of the New Mexico chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
The law, passed in 2006 by the Albuquerque City Council, calls for the jail mug shots of all people convicted of drunken driving in Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court or the Second Judicial District to be published in the newspaper or on the city’s Web site.
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In fact, the law may be having no effect at all.
“We don’t believe there’s any research – not any that I’ve seen and not any that our national office has been aware of – that really shows that there is an effectiveness in deterring the drunk driving issue,” said Lora Lee Ortiz, head of the New Mexico chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
The law, passed in 2006 by the Albuquerque City Council, calls for the jail mug shots of all people convicted of drunken driving in Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court or the Second Judicial District to be published in the newspaper or on the city’s Web site.
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