That was a smart boss!! And ideally, this business should take off and be very successful.
My point is simple. When a person makes a mistake (gets too drunk to drive); and tries to correct it before something bad happens (realizes he’s too drunk and pulls over and sleep it off) punishing him for his mistake is both counter-productive and stupid. There is no proof that he was drunk when he got behind the wheel, suspicion - not proof.
What lesson was taught? Next time take your chances. Odds are that you may make it home without incident. If you try to act responsible - you will be punished the same as if you were driving irresponibly.
If you want more of a behavior, you reward it. If you want less of a behavior, you punish it.
To get a DUI, you should be actively DRIVING. Not sleeping, not parked - but driving. Under the present rules, I could (if I drank) stagger to my car, start the engine to get the heater going (while I wait for my taxi to arrive) and get busted for DWI - without ever having intent of driving, or even engaging in the activity of driving.
The list of possible abuses of this ‘power’ are infinite. If only you had a stolen credit card, you ‘would’ have used it to buy merchandice. If only you had drugs, you ‘would’ have sold them. If only you had....
I disagree.
Say there is a suspension bridge with a big net below to catch people who fall. Do you stand on the edge of the suspension bridge and walk across, or do you stand on the walkway, holding onto both sides?
If someone is going out to drink, he needs to have a plan before he goes out as to how he is getting home. That is the behaviour that the state should be encouraging, a bit of foresight.
Getting in your car, so drunk that you can’t drive and getting behind the wheel before finally realizing that you are too drunk to drive? That is the last stop. It’s like the net at the bottom. Sure it might catch you, but it could also break and you would die anyways.
Yeah, my boss was smart. Out of business now, his kiddo was very sick and they had to relocate.