Law aims to keep drunken drivers off the road by taking their cars

By Robert Gehrke

"Throughout intense liquor reform negotiations earlier this year, a group of Republican lawmakers, most notably Senate President Michael Waddoups, had one crucial priority: Crack down on drunken driving. ..."

"A new law, which takes effect on Tuesday, takes a simple approach to keeping repeat offenders off the road: Take away their cars. Utah will join 26 other states that already have some sort of vehicle forfeiture laws on the books, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. ..."

"'One death because of DUI is too many and we just need to reinforce the seriousness of this problem,' said Rep. Chris Herrod, R-Provo, who sponsored the legislation. 'This bill is just a way to go after the repeat offenders.' ..."

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