"This could be the year," said Mary Kardell, the executive director of the North Texas branch of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, referring to renewed efforts to legalize sobriety checkpoints and install car breathalyzers for anybody convicted of drunken driving – even first-time offenders. "There is so much outrage right now."

The death of a Dallas newlywed couple at the hands of an inebriated driver has triggered much of the renewed urgency in Texas, a state with a strong driving culture and surging population – and the highest number of drunken driving fatalities in the country. Now, coupled with a notable increase in alcohol-related accidents among Hispanics and a public effort on college campuses to lower the drinking age, the stirrings could be lengthening into actual steps.

But some question whether revised laws would even have much impact.

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