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  Governor Calls for Swift Passage of DUI Legislation web posted April 23, 2007 COLUMBIA – Governor Mark Sanford today called on the House Judiciary Committee to expedite passage of the DUI bill currently in subcommittee. In February, Gov. Sanford joined with legislators and law enforcement personnel from across the state to call for passage of legislation based upon the work of the S.C. Impaired Driving Council. The legislation would stiffen penalties for repeat offenders, and would remove some of the administrative roadblocks and loopholes that currently impede police in their efforts to enforce the .08 legislation. Gov. Sanford said it is critical that the legislation be passed prior to the May 1 crossover date for bills. "With South Carolina consistently ranking near the top in the nation for DUI deaths, there's no excuse for delaying in getting this legislation passed as quickly as possible," Gov. Sanford said. "Too many people are dying on our roads each year, and it's unfortunate that efforts to reverse that trend are consistently being undermined by some who favor the current system. Given what we went through in the Senate to move even a weak DUI bill past the finish line in 2003, I'd urge the House to finish work on this bill and get it over to the Senate so that we can avoid yet another year of too many people being killed on South Carolina's roads." One alcohol-related death occurs on our nation's roads every 31 minutes, and one alcohol-related injury occurs every two minutes. In 2005, South Carolina ranked seventh in vehicle deaths per 100,000 miles driven, with alcohol being a significant factor in these deaths. South Carolina is 9th in the country for the percentage of drunk drivers in fatal crashes. In part due to the difficulty in getting DUI convictions, plea bargaining in DUI cases is rampant - 40 percent of repeat DUI offenders in South Carolina plead guilty to lesser offenses. For
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