• Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Between the rise of SUVs, and the increase in distracted driving, I’m not surprised in the slightest.

    We really need to treat driving offenses with way more scrutiny.

    I found out recently that operating a boat while intoxicated is a mandatory jail sentence. Meanwhile there are people out driving drunk right now who are 3+ DUIs.

    I think it should be 1 and done. After that, you should have to choose between being legally allowed to purchase alcohol, or being legally allowed to drive, and if you blow over 0.00 on a breathalyzer after that, it’s an automatic 10 year sentence.

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      What about when the cops make you blow into a breathalyzer multiple times until it puts you over the legal limit? It’s the citizens’ responsibility to tell then to reset the machine.

      I was too poor to afford a lawyer. To someone who was only 21 and just getting started on his own that ruined my early adult life financially. Over $15,000 for all the classes, court costs, additional insurance, etc. This was early 2000s, I don’t even want to adjust that amount for inflation.

      Maybe think before you decide other people’s fate. What happened to me can and does happen to anyone the police don’t like.

      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        Laws to prosecute police officers that provide false testimony or fabricate evidence?

        Personally, I see saving the 30+ people who are going to die from drunk driving every day as more important than the serious (but seldom) consequences that happened to you due to a corrupt/incompetent cop and lawyer. No offense.

    • content_educator_94@thelemmy.club
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      5 hours ago

      You should lose your license for drunk driving for at least a year minimum, mandatory. Or be thrown in the stockade and have tomatoes thrown at ya for 3 weeks. Or both.

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        5 hours ago

        Both is good.

        People have to drive around here, but no one has to drink. This is why I think we should make a drunk driver choose between legally drinking or legally driving since they clearly aren’t responsible enough to be allowed to do both.

      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        It is totally possible to ban someone from purchasing alcohol though. Let the individual make a decision on which is more important.