MADD at one of their own

Cosmo · Mar 1, 2011

I heard somewhere that the DUI penalty in Nicaragua was death by firing squad. That might be just an urban legend though.

printdust · Mar 1, 2011

Moderator1 said:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20036544-504083.html

Interesting. I'm about as anti-drunk driving as you can get, but I've found some of these groups a bit over the top.
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This organization has a harrassing, gouging, telemarketing type of fundraising strategy that makes telemarketing as a profession look worse than it is.

FileNotFound · Mar 1, 2011

Penalties in most European countries and Australia for DUI are very, very strict, and effective. I can only speak for my friends in those places, but that sure as hell hasn't deterred their social drinking at all. It simply means everybody's got the taxi company on speed dial and sets aside a portion of the night's drinking money for transport.

playthrough · Mar 1, 2011

SoCalScribe said:

Read police blotters regularly and you will see quite a few DUIs charged against people below .08. And yet the vast majority of DUIs are people who are way, way over .10. The limit number used is not that relevant as a majority of those who get arrested are two or three times the legal limit. And I see people on the roads all the time who I have a good idea are intoxicated. I've called the highway patrol more than once in such situations -- life is too precious to look the other way when someone is operating unsafely, no matter what the reason.

I do agree, though, that police have an unbelievable amount of leeway when it comes to trying to ascertain a DUI. My sister was pulled over for suspected DUI for no good reason, passed the field tests, blew 0.00, and was made to do the tests again.

The only contention I will make on this issue is that the sort of person who drives when absolutely hammered isn't often the person with much to "lose" and isn't often the person who gives a crap about the law, or the penalties.
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So your sister is a really lousy driver, eh?

YankeeFan · Apr 1, 2011

Well, this is an interesting take:

There are victims of drunken driving. And, according to one Montana legislator, there are victims of drunken driving laws.

While speaking out against a proposed bill that would make DUI laws more strict for repeat offenders, state Rep. Alan Hale, R–Basin, said drunken driving regulations hurt local businesses and are "destroying a way of life."

"These DUI laws are not doing our small businesses in our state any good at all. They are destroying them," he said in a speech on the state House floor. "They are destroying a way of life that has been in Montana for years and years."

Hale, who, according to his campaign website, runs a bar in Basin, says pubs are important gathering places in his rural Montana district -- important gathering places that are only accessible by car.

"These taverns and bars in these smaller communities connect people together," the first-term lawmaker said in a statement publicized by the Montana news blog The Lowdown.

"They are the center of the communities. I'll guarantee you there's only two ways to get there: Either you hitchhike, or you drive, and I promise you they're not going to hitchhike."

Current Montana regulations establish a five-year "look-back period" for drunken driving offenses. The new bill, which passed the state House 88-12, extends the cutoff to 10 years, giving authorities a greater ability to crack down on repeat offenders.

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/31/montana-rep-alan-hale-says-dui-laws-are-destroying-a-way-of-li/
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Ace · Apr 1, 2011

I bet he's right that drunk driving is a way of life in Montana.

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