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Originally Posted by St. Pats
Exactly and that effectively ends the argument. It is against the law and they want to break the law. Take their phone and/or their car. Drive safely or get off the road and save your stupid excuses.
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I don't get this line of thinking. We all know it's against the law and rightfully so. That's the whole purpose of the fine. Adding this unconstitutional punishment is stupid to me. If the fine is not working then increase it and add demerit points.
What if the punishment for texting was having your hand chopped off? Stupid punishments for laws that infringe on our rights and freedoms should be challenged regardless of the offence.
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Originally Posted by jammies
I don't approve of these proposed confiscation laws, and I don't approve of them towing drunk driver's cars either. Better 99 criminals go free than 1 innocent man punished, or however the quote goes - except in our day, minor infractions are dealt with by summary punishment as if the police had dual roles as upholders of the law and vigilantes.
Designing laws to discourage behaviour outside the framework of the justice system is a bad idea no matter how dangerous the targeted behaviour is. Enforcing the law should never be based on how convenient it is for those in charge of enforcing it, but rather in ensuring that the rights of citizens are not abrogated by the state. A tyranny is just as suffocating if it is built one amendment at a time as by armed revolution.
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Very well said.