PITTSBURGH Drunk drivers kill so many people in Pennsylvania who was ranked fourth in the nation for the dead DUI since 2005, according to data from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Channel 4 Action News reporter Sheldon Ingram has spoken with relatives of the victims who said they think of punishment for drunk drivers is weak and needs to be more serious, particularly for repeat offenders. "Why don't drink and drive? The sanctions are only minimum requirements, "said Kelli Pasquallini, whose 22-year-old son, Joey, is able to walk, feed himself or breathe on his own. "We are losing a driver's licence. We have lost a son on it, "said Barry Carson, whose stepson, John Spinetti and girlfriend of Spinetti, Angie Barnhard, were killed by a drunk driver. "I never understood until this incident which have had to stiffen laws. We have heard of people with three and four DUIs and never spent time in prison, "said the mother of Spinetti, Cindy Carson. Moon Township Police officer Doug Ogden is a twice winner of Top Gun. Is given by the Association of Pennsylvania DUI police officers who make up the majority of DUI arrests. Ogden oversees West Hills DUI Task Force that combines suspected drunken drivers. He said that the streets are full of recidivists. "I've had people arrested on their second DUI. I had a guy arrested his fourth DUI, "Ogden said. One of his stops was a pilot who had six DUIs within a year. Watching that series (Monday) mothers against Guide Part 1 of Ingram drunk said that Pennsylvania should do something for drunken drivers who are getting by while the families of the victims feel real punishment. "The victim's Impact is much greater than any offender is ever going to get retribution, said Traci Vetovich, MADD. Professionals who are fighting the war on DUI said that the answer is twofold: to be more aggressive, with an awareness of community and hand out stiffer prison sentences. "I believe that increasing the jail and something with teeth in it to 48 hours on your second or third DUI DUI," Ogden said. Watch the series part 2 of Ingram (Tuesday), "the amount of punishment the problems of the State of Pennsylvania is soft enough?" Ingram has asked. "I think so, for the most part," said Vetovich. "How do you change that? How do you get for legislators? " Ingram has asked. "I think that's possible," said Vetovich. "The need for communities to come together before they are affected. People need to step up to the plate. " "Get the public to understand what a serious crime, and consequences. Convince them not to do so in the first place, "said Catherine Tress, Pennsylvania DUI Association. They said Ingram, the ignition system of interlocking Pennsylvania took a lot of drunk drivers off the roads and the number of DUI deaths nationwide fell from 10 years ago, but they said that the problem is solved away from drunken drivers, if only to get a telling off and people continue to die. Copyright 2011 of WTAE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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