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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The problem isn't the degree of punishment after the fact, which is already severe enough that no sensible person is going to risk it. The problem is that the likelihood of getting caught is so low. Most drunk driving collisions causing fatalities involve hardcore boozers, many of them alcoholics. The deterrence of jail time doesn't work on those people. The only thing that will stop them is catching them drunk, taking away their license, and getting them off the road. But you can drive years on end in this city without hitting a check stop. I haven't hit one in 15 years.
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This is it exactly.
I have been through exactly one check stop in my life, and I was a passenger and it was 18 years ago.
My average driving timing habits may or may not fit the times the cops are looking for drunks, but you would think by sheer statistics I would of hit a check stop by now, it is mind boggling.