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Originally Posted by Ice
The current fines/punishment are not enough. The drunk driver who hit me was immediately arrested at the scene. It was his 9th arrest, he had only been out of jail for less than 60 days serving time for his last DUI conviction. His license was suspended but he didn't care, he put his truck in his girlfriends name to get it registered and drove drunk without a license. On that day he hit three cars and three high school students crossing the street walking home from school. Even after all that the maximum sentence he could receive is four years because he didn't kill anyone. Give him time, he will. He only served 18 months of his 4 year sentence. I'm sure he's still out there drunk driving unless his 10th arrest interupts his life again.
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Wow, guess I was totally wrong there. I just went off of what the commercials and everything said about how bad it was if you were caught with a DUI. None the less, I don't see CC's proposal being a solution in any way, shape or form. For whatever $ comes from auctioning off the car probably won't even cover the costs for appeals to the courts and the court costs crazy sentences that DD's and their lawyers will inevitably appeal. I still think the proposal is all talk, but not forward thinking approach to solving the problem. I would honestly rather see the problem solved then to salivate at how much we can punish the future guilty DDers.