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which state has the whine party, oops, I mean WINE, party....
DWI laws are over the top control by the state. Punishing people for potential outcomes is not right. If you want to punish them when they do kill someone you already have a law for that.
Maybe you can apply more critical thinking skills towards the issue. Setting a standard for acceptable impairment while driving a heavy machine and punishing people as a deterrent towards reckless behavior for violating said limit is unacceptable and worth the cost of life and suffering it would incur on hundreds of thousands to satisfy whatever your notions of libertarianism are.
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You won't believe what he said:
YouTube - Rep. Hale Defends Drunk Driving
So DWI laws are bad for tavern and bar owners? Actually, they are not. If bar owners behave responsibly and stop serving drinks to drunks, they don't have a problem. To everybody else - Drink responsibly or go to jail. You are NOT allowed to put other peoples' lives at risk by going out on the road drunk. If you do, then you have made a bad choice, and I hope you get busted before you ruin the lives of others. If it was just your own life, I wouldn't give a damn, but it's not, and that's why we have laws against driving drunk.
As someone who is serving probation for a DWI, I will be the very first to say that this lawmaker should be unelected as soon as possible. Not only is he irresponsible, but he is a menace. I support DWI laws, and if you value your own lives, you will support them too.
You forgot to mention the most important thing about this guy... he is a BAR OWNER! talk about conflict of interest lol.
DWI laws are over the top control by the state. Punishing people for potential outcomes is not right. If you want to punish them when they do kill someone you already have a law for that.
Why don't you think of a better way to prevent deaths due to drunken driving? Also putting your idea into implementation spells death for countless innocent people. Just so you know.
There is no way to prevent it. Deterring behavior doesn't work.
Why don't you think of a better way to prevent deaths due to drunken driving? Also putting your idea into implementation spells death for countless innocent people. Just so you know.
DWI laws are over the top control by the state. Punishing people for potential outcomes is not right. If you want to punish them when they do kill someone you already have a law for that.
It all about the money making juducial business, nothing to do with safety. If you drive drunk, first offense you loose your car but you don't get a criminal record. Second offense you loose your car but you don't get a criminal record etc. BTW the car is lost regardless who owns it. Eventually driving while drinking will be a very expensive proposition. Although mandatory treatment for the hardcore cases would be required. I just disagree with criminalizing every offense that's seems to be difficult to cure.
NO what I am saying is that you do loose your car but you get no criminal record. What you went through I am against, I would have simply taken your car and that would be it. No fines, no jail, no donations, no criminal record etc.Wrong. First offense in Texas you DO get a criminal record, but you don't lose your car. You lose your license for a year, but you can get an occupational license. I was convicted of DWI, and I still have my car. The judge gave me a break, though, and I only lost my license for 6 months. However, you are right about it being expensive. Lawyers fees, surcharges, fines, classes, interlock fees, probation fees, forced donation to the 100 Club, and a few other small fees, but the cost of my DWI at 18 thousands bucks.
NO what I am saying is that you do loose your car but you get no criminal record. What you went through I am against, I would have simply taken your car and that would be it. No fines, no jail, no donations, no criminal record etc.
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