Los Angeles, CA - Did you know that there are 25,000 DUI arrests in the United States every week? That's approximately 1.3 million drunk driving arrests each year. The more people we arrest, and the more people we put in jail, the more apparent it should become that our current approach of fear and retribution is not working.
So what is the solution?
Enter Ken Sharp and Heidi Foglesong, and their groundbreaking daily radio program, Ridin Dirty, which airs weekdays from 11 am to 12 pm on KLAA AM 830 in Los Angeles. One of the major problems with the country's current approach to reducing impaired driving accidents is that we don't talk about the real issues.
Ken and Heidi are changing that.
The show covers current issues and events from around the country.
Ken Sharp started the show in Phoenix, and recently moved it to Los Angeles. For years, according to Sharp, drinking and driving was part of the social norm. After getting two DUIs himself and experiencing first hand the harsh criminal penalties and other life consequences of a DUI arrest, Ken started helping others by facilitating group meetings at Scottsdale Treatment Institute, in Arizona.
Sharp is a realist. Drinking as a social outlet is never going to go away. He advocates more practical solutions like ride sharing. The show accepts calls from listeners, and regularly attracts the participation of prominent DUI lawyers, government representatives and has even picked up a sponsor in Jack Daniels.
Sharp's show has gained national attention, and prior to inauguration, he even interviewed President Obama.
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