There comes a point when rehabilitating a repeat drunk driver should become secondary to keeping such menaces off the road.

Reasonable people may disagree on when that change in priorities should occur. Is it the third driving while intoxicated conviction? Fifth?

How about 16 convictions?

The case of Denny Lovern, convicted at least 16 times on alcohol-related driving offenses over 31 years, has highlighted Colorado’s unacceptably weak drunk driving laws.