Nearly Two Million Arrested for DUI in 2006

According to MADD's 2008 Summary Statistics:

• Seventy-five of the fatal crashes between midnight and 3 AM involve alcohol.

• Over 1.46 million drivers were arrested in 2006 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of 1 for every 139 licensed drivers in the United States.
  

• One arrest is made for driving under the influence for every 772 episodes of driving within two hours of drinking and for every 88 episodes of driving over the illegal limit in the U.S.
  

• Of the approximately 4.2 million people aged 16 to 20 in 2002 and 2003 who reported DUI involving alcohol or illicit drugs in the past year, about four percent (169,000 people) indicated they had been arrested and booked for DUI.
  

• Among the 5.3 million convicted offenders under the jurisdiction of corrections agencies in 1996, nearly 2 million, or about 36 percent, were estimated to have been drinking at the time of the offense.

But there are many facts not mentioned here. For instance, how do these statistics hold up relative to sleeping drivers having accidents, rage drivers having accidents, careless drivers, and so on. Should they all go to prison too

Nearly Two Million Arrested for DUI in 2006