But why does it have to be that way?
Sounds like you had a tough (but fair) break. Hope this taught you a lesson and you have stopped drinking and driving.
“Sounds like you had a tough (but fair) break. Hope this taught you a lesson and you have stopped drinking and driving. “
Not me, and even the friends that I know with them all said they deserved it. But I have driven at just above the limit in the (long) past, and with one (stupid, but very lucky) exception, never felt that I was driving unsafe.
Read some of the blogs from drunk driving lawyers - did you know that people (in 2 cases) have gotten DUIs while working on their cars, on jack stands? In one case it was his own driveway, another it was an apartment parking lot. In both cases, the “driver” had “operational control” of the vehicle, and thus could be arrested (neighbors called in both cases, because of noise). I suspect that they “got off”, but only after spending thousands to defend themselves...because they were legitimate arrests - based on current laws.
Lots more stories out there...
I don’t think losing one’s job over a dwi conviction is anywhere near fair, unless that person’s job is driving.Taking someone’s means of making a living in this society is almost guaranteeing his entire family will suffer, (if he has one),and one or more people will wind up on govt. assistance over it. Often what seems to be a fair punishment has more consequences than desired. In this case, I’d think his employer is meting out punishment, and that isn’t right.
There often are not easy solutions to society’s justice problems. The real question is “how much is enough” Isuppose.....