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Originally Posted by Monkeydad
Killing someone is a little bigger than "just a mistake".
Driving drunk is not a "mistake", it's a damn stupid decision that you could pay for...but others shouldn't have to.
I have zero tolerance for drunk drivers. My wife and kids got t-boned by a drunk last year who went through a stop sign without even slowing down...thank God they were unharmed (car was totaled), but it should never have happened in the first place.
Even before that day, I had the same view on it. This just put it on concrete.
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I think we agree here that it's a horrible thing to do and it puts everyone in danger.
The real question is how do you cure this epidemic our nation deals with on a daily basis? I personally think crucifying the drivers isn't the only or long term solution. Dui laws continue to grow and I don't think we've had a significant change in the number of accidents and deaths (correct me if I'm wrong here).
To be honest, I think something radical like bha's proposal of making breathilizers manditory in all new cars is an interesting idea. Obviously doesn't stop all occurrences but its a start. And its something different.
Yeah, its sad we can't regulate ourselves and it would be some big brother ish but I think its better than what we have now. Call me whatever you want, but less deaths and less lives ruined to drunk driving is worth it.