Well, I have 0% tolerance or patience when it comes to drunk drivers. And I don't care if I come off sounding holier than thou either. My daughter was hit by a drunk who ran a red light going full speed. Yeah, my daugher is alive although she did require extensive physio for a year as well as surgery. Yeah, the guy was young, he did plead guilty to spare my daughter a trial, and he actually did get a lot of punishment compared to some, and apparently has learned his lesson and turned his life around. But it might have taken my daughter's life to do that.
I have zero tolerance for saying, well, the education programs don't seem to be working, so let's subsidize some means of transit to get the drunks home. Sorry, that does not cut it for me and really, it will not work either. For one thing, not all the drunks live in a city large enough to even implement that kind of policy. What are you going to do in a smaller town, say the size of Okotoks, where taxis and public transit don't even exist. And why in the heck should drunks be coddled even further by putting them on the payroll of the public taxpayer.
Drunk drivers are very selfish people. Actually, I will include those driving under the influence, period, no matter if that involves medication, drugs or liquor. First of all, they are basically saying, I want to drink and have my fun, period. Secondly, they are saying I want to drink without having to plan or worry about getting home. And now some suggest, I want to drink, and I want you, the public, to make sure I have a means to get home. ENOUGH!!!
Sorry, if there are many programs already in existence and some don't seem to be getting the picture. You know what, if they can't see, put them where the sun don't shine. I really could care less where that is, just get them the hell off the roads.
The suggestions that CC outlined are excellent.
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