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Originally Posted by Shasown
What a fantastic well thought out idea. Lets bang them up because you dont like them eh?
Here is something I bet you never thought about; at the moment the driver who knows he/she is drunk generally just pulls in when (s)he sees the blue lights behind him/her. But with what you are proposing means taking away the gamble and making it a certainty he/she goes to jail.
Well in his/her inebriatted he/she may as well put his/her boot down and give them the slip.
Dont you think its bad enough me trying to get home half cut without having to avoid all those eejits trying to outrun plod.
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Can't agree with you. If people who are intending to drink or take drugs premeditatedly take their cars in the expectation of driving once they are drunk or stoned, then they fully deserve to feel the full force of the law. Why should it take the death or injury of another person before there are any consequences? However, putting such idiots in already overcrowded prisons is not the answer (unless they have killed or injured someone). In the first instance they should be named and shamed, have their driving licences confiscated for a painful length of time plus face hefty fines which, if unpaid, will then result in imprisonment.
If people want to get drunk or high, they should leave the car at home and get a cab. What they shouldn't do is selfishly and recklessly put others at risk because it is more convenient for them. AND if they do happen to kill or injure someone they should not be getting laughably lenient sentences but should face years and years in jail to keep the roads safe from their stupidity.