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We need to raise the bar for driving here in the US. You want a license, you better be 18, have several hundred dollars, and the time to take an intense driving school. Then it's off to in-car training. Put students on a closed course, teach them to drive at the car's limits, let them experience a car out of control. Get them to respect the power and energy a car traveling at 80mph has. Why do we expect the average driver to avoid a crash if they're never broken traction before, never threshold braked before, never stepped the back-end out before?
So, sure mandatory breathalizers might save some lives, but why not spend all that time and money making everyone better drivers, and actually increase freedoms for a change?
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You make very valid points. I don't ever see the US raising the standards to drive or I would agree with your comment on how that would greatly benifit the losses incurred. Or state governments make money on licenses, registrations, and fees involved. So we all know that won't change. I TOTALLY agree that a breathilizer system is only a band-aid...and a tiny one at that. But it doesn't seem like we have figured out really anything to help provent DD losses.
Basically, it seems that its going to come down to the fact that we hope people just eventually have more respect for the road, since no real program that the US invokes will do anything but mabye benifit the government in extra funds. But like you said....the people, cars, and society have made it okay to do your make-up, talk on the phone, and overall become a irresponsible driver.
So basically, the arguement is simply put - It won't change. People will just find a way to drink and drive like remove any devices that inhibit the ability to do so, or find ways around it.
I guess it just pisses up off to a point that I wish such a program could make a considerable difference. Like I said, some of my ideas seem radical, only due to the urge to stop it from happening.