From first hand experience I can tell you that Hispanics make up a disproportionately large quantity of drunk drivers. In my time as a Police Officer, almost every DWI I encountered was a Hispanic, but why? MADD has recently attempted to address this issue. The Dallas News is reporting:

Statistics show about 47 percent of traffic fatalities in Dallas last year involved Hispanics driving drunk.

LULAC sought MADD’s help after community outrage over the deaths of newlyweds Germán and Erika Clouet on Labor Day. Uriel Pérez Palacios, 22, was fleeing from police when he crashed into the Clouets’ car. Police say he was intoxicated.

LULAC is the League of United Latin American Citizens if you are not familiar with the abbreviated format. The goal of the joint LULAC/MADD effort was to educate people in the Hispanic community, in their homes, in their schools, and in their churches, about the dangers of drunk driving. For my part I think this is a great idea. Something has got to be going on culturally that makes drunk driving acceptable in the Hispanic community, this perception obviously needs adjustment. Hopefully programs such as this will reach across community lines and begin to effect other areas. I found this fascinating article which highlights this problem as a national one. One alarming statistic from the above article is:

The study found that accidents were the third-leading cause of Hispanic deaths overall, the second-leading cause for 24 to 44-year-olds and the chief killer of young people aged 17 to 24.

Pretty unfortunate stuff, but hopefully programs like the one above will help solve the problem.

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