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Old 12-26-2008, 06:50 PM   #78
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To be clear, in terms of drunk driving, I am all for getting them off of the streets, creating a strong enough incentive not to make the decision to drink and drive, remove the possibility of putting a weapon (licenses and cars) into the hands of people that make a decision to drink and drive.

I'm tired of a society that thinks that's that we have to coddle people so that they make the right decision, there has to be consequences to the decision that these people are are making.

There are far to many cases of repeating drink and drivers, there are far to many stories of people making excuses (I couldn't get a cab, or the trains weren't running)

As for the seizing and selling of vehicles, who cares about the cost of appeals, that should be absorbed by the defendant, not by the public, the money from the seizures, should go to the victims, or go to the police so they can combat these problems. The seizure and auctioning of even 20 or thirty cars would probably pay for more check stops or technology needed to ensure conviction.

People who drink and drive and kill someone are no better then the gang bangers who shoot someone in the streets with a random stream of bullets. People who drink and drive and injure someone are no better then the punks who beat up someone with a baseball bat at a party because they got a funny look. People who drink and drive and cause a random accident are not better then the idiot who street races and causes an accident.

We should start treating them accordingly, or in the Canadian Courts a bit harsher because drinking and driving is voluntary.
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