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Alcohol Laws & Driving
I was listening to the first team on fox this morning and they were discussing the recent death of the St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher. One of the hosts (usually a jokester) got very passionate about this argument and said that anyone who gets a DUI should be charged with Attempted Manslaughter.
I thought this was an interesting argument and wanted to pose it to the board. I know that we've batted around alcohol laws before, but I found this solution to be particularly interesting. His argument, of course, is that when you drink and drive you are attempting to kill someone because you impare your abilities to make sound decisions etc...And just because some people succeed and actually harm someone and you don't doesn't mean you shouldn't be charged with attempt to harm someone. He then went on to talk about this idea that sports figures think they are invincible and that whenever that is trotted out to the public, it is a slap in the face to those affected by drunk driving accidents.
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You're right, the terms are contradictory, but I just found it to be an interesting discussion.
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The next step in our scale is for second or subsequent offenses, or any offense where your BAC is .15 or above, with additional penalty enhancements above .20. With any of these there is mandatory, not waivable by the judge, jail time you must actually serve. This recognizes that if you are very drunk or a repeat offender, that you are in a totally different category and need to be out of circulation for a while. In addition, you lose your licencse for three years and driving without one under those circumstances will get you more jail. When you do get your license back you must install a devise on your vehicle that tests your blood alcohol before it will start, and then intermittently while you drive. If you are over it kills the engine. Most DUI's are in the first category, I would say 95% or more, and the person never reoffends. People in the second category get their lives turned upside down and rightly so. You can alway argue for tougher penalties, more time etc. I don't oppose it. You just have to do it in the context of how we punish other equally serious crimes.
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You are attempting to kill someone when you drink and drive?
I find this argument idiotic, which is probably why you find it interesting. |
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What are the VA laws regarding taking elderly/incompetent drivers off the road? Can it be done anonymously? I would assume we are more enlightened than UT on this matter.
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