Section 23510 Of Article 3. Youthful Drunk Driver Visitation Program From California Vehicle Code >> Division 11.5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Young drivers often do not realize the consequences of
drinking alcohol or ingesting any other drugs, whether legal or not,
and driving a motor vehicle while their physical capabilities to
drive safely are impaired by those substances.
(b) Young drivers who use alcohol or other drugs are likely to
become dependent on those substances and prompt intervention is
needed to protect other persons, as well as the young driver, from
death or serious injury.
(c) The conviction of a young driver for driving under the
influence of an alcoholic beverage, a drug, or both, identifies that
person as a risk to the health and safety of others, as well as that
young driver, because of the young driver's inability to control his
or her conduct.
(d) It has been demonstrated that close observation of the effects
on others of alcohol and other drugs, both chronic and acute, by a
young driver convicted of driving under the influence has a marked
effect on recidivism and should therefore be encouraged by the
courts, prehospital emergency medical care personnel, and other
officials charged with cleaning up the carnage and wreckage caused by
drunk drivers.
(e) The program prescribed in this article provides guidelines for
the operation of an intensive program to discourage recidivism by
convicted young drunk drivers.