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Originally Posted by Rhettzky
I thought the penalties in place right now were extremely strict but maybe they aren't strict enough.
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I think it has a lot more to do with people thinking that they won't get caught or that they aren't too drunk to drive. I don't think that many people are thinking "I'll drive because the penalty isn't too bad."
Maybe if it were really harsh then people might take more precautions beforehand, but really once you are drunk I think your judgement is often so impaired that you think about losing your license for one year.
The only way that I see DD decreasing is if police up the risk of getting caught, but from what I have seen from a few places in NA that doesn't seem to be likely to happen.