Again, JB does a fine imitation of an idiot!
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Posted on 08/27/2013 8:12:05 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Again, JB does a fine imitation of an idiot!
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Those guardrail impalements are getting to be fairly common now, especially for small cars.
My preference? FIRST conviction (not just arrest; conviction) is a Felony and you become Bubba’s/Jethreen’s ‘Prison Wife.’
But, that’s just me. :)
Glad to see the stats showing less DD arrests, though.
In reality, in this economy, under this administration, who can AFFORD to be out drinking? I mean, when you’re working two jobs to keep your head above water, ain’t nobody got time fo’ Dat! ;)
A boon to car insurance companies who can charge windfall rates after a conviction.
Prison rape is a national scandal.
The true problem are the folks driving with a .015 BAL or higher. They could give a rats butt whether the legal limit is .008 or .001.
Want to cut down on Drunk Driving? Find out where all the political fundraisers are and throw a net over the place around 10:00.
Just for getting pulled over while driving with a alcohol blood level above some arbitrary number?
Become a felon, lose everything, go to prison and get raped?
Didn't have an accident, didn't harm anyone.. just had a few beers?
Wow. The Taliban would LOVE you.
A bit of a side note: We used to have guard rails that had each end curved and bent down into the shoulder. Those had to be removed because vehicles that swerved off the road rode right up the slope of the guard rail and then flipped.
Here’s a question for you. Imagine that you had to leave this planet and make a home on a new one. There are two choices. Both worlds are identical to this world in every way except for the following difference:
In world “A”, every driver on the road has a Blood alcohol level of 0.15. In world “B”, every driver is texting all the time they are driving.
Which world would you consider the safest to drive in?
I would like to see DUI enforced just like speeding. Going ten over gets you a ticket. Going 20 over gets you a stiffer fine. Going 150 in a 35 will land you in jail.
We don’t need to get tough on “drinking” drivers. We need to get tough on “drunk” drivers. I’m safer with a BAL of .12 than the average middle aged asian woman driver in Seattle with no alcohol in her system, but they are driving legally while I would see my life turned upside down if I ever actually did that and got caught.
I live in a dry county and go to a baptist church. When the subject of keeping us dry (they are all for it) comes up I say, “I thought you were baptist. I did not know you were Mormon. Or is it Muslim?”
That gets the conversation going. Nobody who KNOWS the bible can use it to justify laws against adults drinking. And anyone who knows the bible can easily use it to demonstrate that.
I always amazed the there are a lot of Freepers want more laws and more government control as long as it meets their agenda and not the lefts.
I always amazed the there are a lot of Freepers want more laws and more government control as long as it meets their agenda and not the lefts.
I think they should use a two pronged approach. The first is to stiffen penalties; but the second is a way for the drunks to avoid driving.
There are lots of alternatives already used in the second case, from low cost shuttling, to “warm rooms” with a cot. Having a breathalyzer in bars helps, as does encouraging the use of designated drivers.
For persistent and obnoxious drunk drivers, it would not be unreasonable to use court ordered injunctions directed at them as individuals, prohibiting their even entering places that served alcohol, prohibited serving them alcohol after public notification to such places, and even a small reward for such establishments informing the police about violations.
If they violate that order, they are immediately brought before a judge on a contempt of court citation, with no jury needed for the judge to lock them up for months.
I always amazed the there are a lot of Freepers want more laws and more government control as long as it meets their agenda and not the lefts.
I'm not amazed at all, cuban leaf: lots of people are in favor of a little freedom.
^^^^^^
This
Rather than some arbitrary BAC number, there should be a standard performance test (reflex time, etc) that EVERYONE must pass. Old people kill plenty of innocent people because of poor eyesight, poor reflex times and just being in over their head driving in traffic. In addition, some roads are easier to drive on than others. Perhaps a graduated license and a road classification system to keep incompetent people out of situations beyond their ability
Couldn't agree more.
And it makes me a little sick when people joke about it.
I knew you’d all go nuts NOT reading my post. *Rolleyes*
Had anyone in your family murdered by a drunk? It’s called Vehicular HOMICIDE for a reason.
Walk a mile in my shoes.
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