To me its a voluntary crime. Therefore the punishment for it has to be harsh and you have to make examples out of these people.
The prevention concept obviously isn't simple minded enough or people are idiots. We see programs for volunteers to do the driving, we see ads in print and on T.V. and the newspapers, we see public service messages time and time again.
Yes its nice to say that there are not enough cabs or enough buses, however I don't have much sympathy for that excuse. You can pre-book a cab, you can arrange with friends and family members. The person who went to the bar with a bunch of friends and they couldn't be bothered to have someone volunteer as a designated driver, well then you and your friends are being selfish.
How stupid do people have to be? I ask this honestly because we're exposed to education on this every single day. Drinking and driving is a selfish and voluntary crime, and there's nobody out there that doesn't know what it leads to unless they're completely ######ed. So obviously we're not being hard enough on these criminals, and they are criminals, therefore the ante needs to be upped.
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