…DUI is on the rise?
California is in the midst of a driving under the influence crisis after making decades of progress in cutting back on drunk driving. Alcohol-related deaths on California roads have risen 50 percent in the past decade, growing twice as fast as the rest of the country. Per year, over 1,300 people die in collisions where alcohol was a factor, many of which are the result of repeat DUI offenders getting back behind the wheel with California’s generally lax DUI laws. Drivers can’t be charged with a felony until their fourth DUI within 10 years, while just two DUIs with get you that charge in many other states. Furthermore, you lose your license for three years after your third DUI in California. That is compared to eight years in New Jersey and permanently in Connecticut. The law is also more rarely enforced; DUI arrests statewide dropped from 366,834 in 1990 to 124,141 as of 2019.
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