It seems simple. And it really is.

There’s no excuse for impaired driving, of any degree. And violators need to be prosecuted and removed from our highways.

Impaired driving costs thousands of lives in the United States every year — unnecessarily.

An effort is on by the National Transportation Safety Board for states to redefine their DUI statuses, dropping allowable Blood Alcohol Content levels from .08 to .05.

Hopefully, ad campaigns that endorse the idea of designating a sober driver have made an impact on how our society thinks about the importance of not driving drunk, and having a plan if someone has too many.

But while there are still instances of impaired drivers taking the lives of innocent victims, for some it still isn’t enough. Folks aren’t getting the message, ignore it or are simply defying the law. The crackdown on those people needs to continue.

— The Register-Herald (Beckley, W.Va.)