Thread: Unintended Consequence of Epicness {Stimulus reduces Drunk Driving?}

News from The Associated Press

Well I'll be....there WAS something good in this after all? Though it's a stretch....

Drunken driving incidents have fallen 30 percent in the last five years, and last year were at their lowest mark in nearly two decades, according to a new federal report.

The decline may be due to the down economy: Other research suggests people are still drinking as heavily as in years past, so some may just be finding cheaper ways of imbibing than by going to bars, night clubs and restaurants.

"One possibility is that people are drinking at home more and driving less after drinking," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Morons. They really needed to think about this? Did they not even know last year Budweiser was in trouble due to lack of sales?