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light or drive far above or below
the speed limit. We just keep a
lookout for any behavior that is
out of the ordinary.”
Garmon said there are several
ways to avoid a DWI charge.
“One of the best things to do
is use the designated driver pro
gram,” he said. “If four or five
people go out in a group, one
can agree not to drink and just
be a driver. Everybody can still
have a good time and no one
gets in trouble,” he said.
Many local bartenders will call
a taxi for patrons they think are
too drunk to drive home.
“A taxi may cost $10 or $15,”
Garmon said, “but it is a lot
cheaper than paying for a DWI.”
Brazos Gounty Attorney Jim
Kuboviak said one of the factors
contributing to the number of
drunk drivers is Texas’ lack of
an open container law.
“Greating such a law wouldn’t
solve the problem,” he said, “but
it is a big factor.”
Lalk agreed, saying, “I think
the best thing Texas could do is
pass an open container law. The
fact that the law says it’s legal to
drink while vou’re driving but
it’s not legal to be intoxicated
sends a double message about
drinking and driving.”
Lalk said Texans have an atti
tude of tolerance.
“I think that if the attitude
were such that drinking and
driving is dangerous, things
would change a little,” she said.
“But as it is, kids grow up think
ing it’s OK to drive while they
are drinking.”
Aside from an open container
law, she said, there are other
ways to decrease the number of
drunk drivers.
“More of a maximum sen
tence for convicted drunk driv
ers could help,” she said. “Right
now, the maximum sentence is
five years in prison, which
usually means four to seven
months, and then the driver is
back on the street.”
Lalk said Mothers Against
Drunk Driving (MADD) has
made people more aware of the
drunk driving problem.
“MADD’s horror stories and
publication of drunk drivinp sla
tistics have made people aware
that there is a problem,” she
said. “The organization gets so
much publicity that people may
be starting to listen and to be
more careful about driving
drunk.”
People who insist on driving
drunk often don’t realize the
damage they can cause, Lalk
said.
“Fifty-seven percent of all
highway deaths are alcohol-rela
ted,” she said. “We should start
educating kids about the dan
gers of driving drunk.
“Kids just don’t think any
thing bad is really going to hap
pen,” she said. “Most of the kids
who are picked up for drunk
driving are on their way home
from a bar or a private party and
either think they are OK to drive
or just don’t consider the possi
ble consequences of their ac
tions.
“If kids who drive drunk
could go through a morgue and
see the body of a 16-year-old
who was hit hy a drunk driver
and t ; 1 k with the families they
could see what grief driving
drunk can cause.”
Battalion Classified 845-2611
Senate rejects men chose
for Texas board of pardons
AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate on
Thursday rejected two appointees to
the State Board of Pardons and Pa
roles after a senator — who called
the appointees “eminently qualified”
— said boards and commissions
need to be better balanced by race,
sex, age and finances.
The Senate vote to confirm Henry
Keene of Dallas and Ghris Mealy of
Georgetown was 17-11, two short of
the two-thirds needed f or approval.
James Huffines, appointments
secretary for Republican Gov* Bill
Clements, said, “I think it’s a blatant
display of partisan politics.”
All 1 1 senators voting against the
nominess are Democrats.
“We didn’t hear one single sen
ator today question their qualifica
tions, and that’s a disservice to the
people of Texas,” Huf fines said.
Sen. Craig Washington, D-Hous-
ton, said, “My vote against them has
absolutely nothing to do with their
qualifications, because there’s no
question, in my personal judgment,
that they are eminently qualified and
will do a good job.”
However, Washington said, “It is
still important to many people in this
state — black, brown and white, men
and women, rich and poor, old and
young — that they see someone simi
lar to themselves on these various
boards and agencies.”
When two minorities are replaced
by white, male individuals, “It sends
the wrong signal,” said Washington,
a black senator. He acknowledged
later that he mistakenly thought that
only one minority member re
mained on the board. Actually, there
are two.
“At some point, sooner or later,
we as individuals and as members of
this Senate have to take a stand,”
Washington said.
“ I know of no other wavu
ing a signal to t his govern
other governor, that weexi
there be lair representat
the board on all these
commissions for black
brown people, lor wonietj
white, black, brown, old;
rit h and poor,” he said.
Shuttle astronoufs family
agrees to lawsuit settlemei
HOUSTON (AP) — The widow
and children of Challenger astro
naut Ronald K. McNair agreed
Thursday to settle their lawsuit
against rocket maker Morton I hio-
kol Inc., attorneys said.
Terms of the settlement were not
disclosed, and case records were
sealed after the agreement was
reached in the chambers of U.S. Dis
trict Judge Carl O. Bue.
“My family has amicably and equi
tably concluded legal proceedings
against Morton Thiokol,” Chervl
McNair said in a written statement.
“The American legal system has
functioned as it should in a free so
ciety.”
McNair’s attorney, Ronald Krist,
said the agreement avoided a poten
tially long and costly trial.
"We’re happy that it'soi
and reasonably resolved,’’!
“ The Mc Nairs have beent
enough and the resolution I
has brought a lot of comfort;|
lives.”
An agreement in principltj
lawsuit was reached alxiuuj
ago. but Krist added thatthj
required Bue’s active appm
c ause minors were involved
Ronald McNair, who*
|an. 28, 1986, along withs
when the shuttle Challed
ploded shortly after liftoff]
survived by a 5-year-old »:|
daughter w ho is almost3.
Other relatives also jointcj
suit that was filed last SeJ
and did not specify the ar I
damages sought.
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