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Idea to help stop drivers with suspended license.

WWWobble said:
My good friend Gary is dead.

A drunk driver swerved over the double yellow and hit his motorcycle head on.

The drunk had a suspended license. He had THREE fucking prior DUIs.

Roger's suggestion may not fix anything in this case, and I don't care if people choose to drink or smoke, but if somebody is driving with a suspended license, and one of the reasons is DUI, the penalty should be

...uh... draconian. Way more than CVC23546
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What was his punishment for killing your friend?
 
I'm for confiscating the vehicles of those driving on a suspended license.

I've been to traffic court in the last two years and saw case after case of driving on a suspended license. Listened to excuse after excuse why they couldn't pay for insurance or registration or pay the fines from their last court case.

No wonder the hoards pay no attention to our laws, there are no consequences.
 
Johndicezx9 said:
The decision needs to made prior to getting "blitzed" (which many don't), but how many DUI's are "buzzed" driving (as they are pushing now) or .08-.09, which wasn't a DUI til fairly recently.

And I'm not against stricter BAC levels at all.
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Well, it sounds as though you are picking on rural farmworkers of color. Where I live, many of the DUIs are campesinos who leave the field for a couple of brews on the way home.
 
enki said:
Well, it sounds as though you are picking on rural farmworkers of color. Where I live, many of the DUIs are campesinos who leave the field for a couple of brews on the way home.
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It sounds as though you may be projecting... :laughing

I'm sure in SF or SJ, it's sales reps, accountants, and techsters that go to Happy Hour. :dunno
 
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Johndicezx9 said:
Just not sure what it really has to do with how you drive when this thread is about bad driving decisions.
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good luck getting that law changed. one of the few effective ways to go after deadbeat dads.
 
Johndicezx9 said:
It sounds as though you may be projecting... :laughing

I'm sure in SF or SJ, it's sales reps, accountants, and techsters that go to Happy Hour. :dunno
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just shows how white liberals dont see the rest of the country.
 
Aware said:
By campaigning since the '80s to make drink driving socially unacceptable, in the same way that smoking has become socially unacceptable.


America struggles with making drunk-driving socially unacceptable for most of the country because it is next to impossible to get public transport (which is also socially unacceptable unless you live in one of a handful of cities) or a cab unless you live close to the bars .... which is impossible/illegal in so many places because of zoning laws. Unless you live in a mobile home park, which will often have a bar within walking distance :)

[edit] oh, and in Britain, DUI is instant jail time. You get locked up there and then (usually overnight, unless there's an accident and other schitt involved. You have to understand that America locks up more people that any other country, so getting locked up is 'ordinary' here. Not so in Britain. Add that your license is automatically taken away if you are caught drunk driving, and your insurance costs are horrific when you get your license back. But I stand by my original comment (above) that TV and other campaigns that made DUI socially unacceptable have most likely had the biggest affect in stopping people driving while drunk in Britain.
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You make many great points. The us has poor public transportation compared to Japan Korea Western Europe etc
 
jdhu said:
Haha, me too, and I tend to agree with him.
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Every scientific unbiased research I've seen has shown that speed imbalances are a major cause of accidents, not as much speeding itself, and that arbitrary speed limits are ignored... So less accidents when our artificially low limits are raised
 
but i do agree, if you have NO dl, or are caught driving with a suspended one. impound the cage, bike, truck, lawn mower, etc never to be seen again.

and said person should be required to do 100 days picking up trash on the rd side. one fail, one late and in county/state lock up for 1 year and 6 months. NO parole or early release.
while doing the trash time must have a tracking collar on. subject to random drug/alcohol testing.
if found with no collar, tampered with, etc 1 year and 6 months in lock up.
and lock up should be a hard labor deal. no easy time... for anyone there.
 
paint a bright yellow S on their forehead? report in weekly for inspection and touch up if necessary?
 
Gawernator said:
Every scientific unbiased research I've seen has shown that speed imbalances are a major cause of accidents, not as much speeding itself, and that arbitrary speed limits are ignored... So less accidents when our artificially low limits are raised
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As the UK Police Motorcyclists Handbook used to say on page one: "Speed isn't dangerous. Inappropriate speed is dangerous".
 
enki said:
Well, it sounds as though you are picking on rural farmworkers of color. Where I live, many of the DUIs are campesinos who leave the field for a couple of brews on the way home.
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Then you have a farmworker problem.

"Hey, in my experience, it's mostly farmworkers who get DUI's" apparently not racist

"Hey, we should enact harsher DUI laws" apparently racist to drunk farmworkers.

But it's those damn white liberals. :laughing
 
They passed legislation in this county and city that illegal/unlicensed/uninsured drivers here will not get their car towed, because it's not fair. Yeah, but if I drive on a suspended, because of an unpaid ticket, they will tow my shit. I'm licensed, insured, trained and experienced on our roads, but because they aren't making money off me like they make off these illegal fucks, they will ding me for $500 in fees.
FUCK THAT.
 
mean dad said:
Then you have a farmworker problem.

"Hey, in my experience, it's mostly farmworkers who get DUI's" apparently not racist

"Hey, we should enact harsher DUI laws" apparently racist to drunk farmworkers.

But it's those damn white liberals. :laughing
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I go to a little country store on the edge of the fields on my way home. Same guys, buying a case every day. We have an alcohol problem here.
 
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