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Originally Posted by transplant99
There are immediate punishments.
As I understand this,
At the discretion of the officer they not only tow your car, they immediately issue a 3 month license suspension. If you want to drive in 3 months , you then at your expense must install an interlock machine. If you don't you don't drive for a year.
Sorry to all the good and fine police officers out there, but i certainly do not think they are qualified to make such life altering decisions on the spot. That should be a court decision, period.
With speeding tickets and such, you still get a court date and a judge to make an informed decision.
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Your car is impounded because it is unsafe for you to drive home. That seems reasonable.
The license suspension has to have a court mechanism involved even if it starts immediately. There, like a speeding ticket will be an opportunity to have this heard in a court.
Yes the punishment will begin immediately and I think that is where the law could be changed but it isn't like you have removed all safeguards.