LETTERS: BARS CAN HELP PROMOTE SAFE DRIVING

To the editor:

Thanks to the Missourian for its strong stand opposing drinking and riving. Even one alcohol-related injury or fatality is too many.

Bars serving alcohol might do their part to promote driver sobriety by offering their customers the use of a Breathalyzer. For those who fail the test and are not accompanied by a sober designated driver, the bar might call a taxi. A program like this should be voluntary, although it is likely if is offered by one establishment that others will follow suit.

Drunk driving endangers everyone.

JILL VENEZIAN, Prevention Advocate

Community 2000 Support Center

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau