Yes, first-time OWI should be a crime. Your editorial on Oct. 12 is exactly correct.
What makes a first-time drunken driver any less able to kill or maim than a drunk driver with several OWIs? Currently, first-time drunk drivers actually make a joke of the fact that they received a ticket. They are correct! In Wisconsin, where a traffic violation is issued for first-offense drunk drivers, it is a joke. It make fools out of our judicial system.
What makes a first-time drunken driver any less able to kill or maim than a drunk driver with several OWIs? Currently, first-time drunk drivers actually make a joke of the fact that they received a ticket. They are correct! In Wisconsin, where a traffic violation is issued for first-offense drunk drivers, it is a joke. It make fools out of our judicial system.
