Here comes yet another tougher stance on drunk driving / dwi / dui.

Starting Sunday, a new law aimed at keeping reoffenders from climbing back behind the wheel takes effect.
Right now, it doesn't matter how many DUIs you have, they're all misdemeanors.
Starting Sunday, that'll change. On your fifth DUI it'll automatically be a felony.
It doesn't matter, one, two, ten, right now, even if you've killed someone while behind the wheel, drunk driving remains a misdemeanor.
So in response to constant reoffenders, the state is making drunk driving an automatic felony if you're convicted five times in a ten year period.
"I mean I understand everybody makes a mistake, but five times. Five convictions for a dui is way too many before they do something more serious," said one driver.
"I've seen some very damaging things, and a lot of broken families and homes as a result of it," said another.
The change comes after 25 years of political wrangling for tougher punishment for drunk drivers.
For the state patrol, they say it's way too often they pull over a person with multiple previous convictions. Usually those reoffenders have alcohol problems.
"About the only way you can take somebody that's got a drinking problem out from behind the wheel is to put them in jail or to make the punishment so severe that it will prevent them from driving in the future," said Sgt. Roger Wilbur with WSP.
The majority of offenders will never reoffend, but for those who do, a fifth conviction could carry as many as five years in jail.
"Those small group of DUI offenders, they do seem to be, they are better off in Superior Court, facing a prison sentence," said Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller.
That time won't be in the county jail. Miller says it'll be in prison, with a felony on your record.
Washington is one of only a few states that doesn't have a felony DUI law.
It takes effect Sunday, just in time for the Fourth of July.