Krauss v. State

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge,

Specially Assigned.

More than 50 percent of all highway fatalities in Maryland and the entire United States are alcohol related. The number killed on our nation’s highways annually is equal to all Americans, approximately 50,000, killed over a ten year period in Vietnam.

The National Safety Council conservatively estimates that the economic loss to society for a single highway fatality is $200,000. The human and economic impact of *378these fatalities is catastrophic and affects all of society. The drinking driver brings personal grief and hardship to families and loved…