I demand a plan....

Others are demanding a plan to help prevent gun violence tragedies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0pQSeCd8VM

I've decided to demand my own plan to curb drunk driving tragedies.  One difference between others' plea for a plan and my plan is that I actually have one:  insurance rebates to drivers who voluntarily install a breathalyzer ignition interlock device.

If you're a safe driver who never comes anywhere close to driving under the influence, this is a great plan for you - you will have extra money to spend on other things, like a new iPad or something.

If you're one of those people who occasionally wonders whether you're actually okay to drive legally or not, this is a great plan for you - your car will tell you when you're okay to drive and not let you screw up and make a potentially lethal decision that could kill other people.

If you're a parent giving an old family beater to a kid going off to college, this plan is for you - you might not know whether little Johnny is getting completely trashed and hooking up with a bunch of loose women at a  party, but you will know for certain that little Johnny isn't showing off to his new loose lady friends that he met at that party by driving your car too fast down the freeway with a cold beer in the console.  Hopefully Johnny's new friends will be kind enough to make him some chicken soup the next morning when he has a massive hang-over.

If you're one of those people who keeps a bottle of "driving whiskey" in the glove box, this plan is also for you.  You should stop.  You should permanently relocate your "driving whiskey" to the kitchen.  You know it, I know it, everyone knows it.  You can keep drinking as much as you want to, but you know as well as anyone else that you shouldn't do it while behind the wheel of a 2-ton projectile.  The plan is voluntary, so you can continue drinking your illegal driving whiskey if you choose to.  However, you'll have extra money to supplement your "staying at home watching Ancient Aliens" kitchen whiskey if you decide to participate, and have much less risk of killing innocent kids.

There are ways around this plan - you can have a sober friend blow for you, for example.  However, why on Earth your sober friend would make out with your car and then not drive you home is beyond me.  Any friend willing to blow your car for you is a good enough friend to make sure you drink plenty of water and stay a few extra hours, call you a cab, offer you a place to crash, or drive you home.

Anyway, so there's the plan.  It's a tangible, real-world solution to a real-world problem that could save a bunch of innocent lives every year.  It's not rocket science, it's not gun control, it's completely voluntary, and it will do nothing to prevent crazed people from committing horrific murderous acts.  It doesn't solve the primary problem people are focused on right now, but it does solve a problem, and it helps make the world a tiny bit safer for us and our children.

Comment if you like this idea.  Your comment can be as simple as an anonymous, "Yes, do it."  If I get 10 comments, I will commit to making this happen.