What do you think about our DUI law?

Question

I have a really great writing teacher that says that the USA's DUI limit law is ridiculous and should be raised. He uses ancedotes such as his friends getting pulled over but could walk in a straight line and touch his nose. Personally, I think he is wrong because I feel so many people can barely drive SOBER, to raise the DUI limit is encourging more people to DUI. What do you think? He also says that police only lowered it so they can catch more people to meet quota. I told him, he should not attack the law, but attack the person enfocing it. You? He is a writing teacher teaching SAT class. Teaching 14-17 years olds.

oh.. and by the way.. he drives DUI too. And when i tried to rebuttle him with deaths and etc, saying that the law is there for a reason, he said that "if you want to go live in Nazi Germany, go RIGHT AHEAD." which really offended me because he just called me a NAZI. and i'm asain. then he said, "hey, i'm 37 and your 15. I know more than you." he makes me REALLY super mad and i told him, even though the thinks he can drive w/ 10 beers in him, he cannot make the judgement for everybody else and since he DOES have 10 beers in him, he probably thinks he can, but actually can't.

MAY I HAVE YOUR AGES PLEASE?

Answer 1

Think about it -- ask class members if they know of anyone who has had a relative or personal friend murdered by a drunk driver or driver under the Influence. It is those stories of loss (and the memory of those special people murdered by Drivers under the Influence) that will sway the argument to make the laws even tougher.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think your teacher is missing a point here. (oh..I'm 43...and proud of it).

For most people, he's ok. I see his point. There maybe a chemical in the bloodstream that does not impair driving. We do sign implied consent to test the bloodstream, so a search warrant is never needed. Your teacher is implying that the special consent is often abused by police - or is at least too strict.
Perhaps the legislated limit should go up. Ok, that's perhaps a reasonable argument.

For SOME people, hearing that same argument morphs in their minds into an EXCUSE. If you study alcohol dependency, which is really the issue with drunk driving, then you will see how alcoholics seek information that confirms and permits their addictive world view.

A respected teacher is spreading seeds that will find fertile soil in the minds of addictive personalities who need permission to behave in a dangerous way on the road. For that reason, he is wrong. I think you sensed that. I hope you understand that teachers are obligated to consider the impact of their statements on disabled students. A person with an addictive personality is just such a disabled person - even though it is not often framed like that in the school system.

Now, you are probably too young to hear this, but I heard about a bunch of drunks I know sitting around a bar commiserating with a friend who was about to go to jail. He was convicting for killing a pedestrian in a crosswalk while driving very drunk. These men were complaining about "our court system" and all that "government red tape" etc etc and crying about the fact that their drinking buddy was going to do 3 years in jail for manslaughter. No one could bring themselves to call the man a murderer. That is forgetting about being human, and its the pit that alcoholics fall into everyday. That's the addictive personality and world view at work.

Hope this helps your thinking. You certainly do write well and bring up and excellent topic. Thank you.

Andy

Answer 4

Your teacher is a JERK and most definitely an alcoholic. Of course all drunks think they can do anything better than everyone else. The DUI laws are not strict enough. Don't worry about being called a Nazi by a DRUNK. To have a civilized society there must be laws and they must be followed. that's also why our government provided the checks and balances it has. It's not perfect but I prefer to be in America. GOD BLESS AMERICA!! If he doesn't like it he can leave and go to Germany where the DUI laws are much tougher. What a JERK.

Answer 5

The laws themselves are unduly harse with no rehabilitation offered to the offenders. The current severe penalties are a recent phenomenon which came about from lobbying efforts of MADD. Something needed to be done, that's for sure. But making someone a felon, putting them in overcrowded facilities, letting them out, they can't get a job, get caught again ... that's ridiculous.

I'll end by saying, it was while the men were away fighting WWI that the women banded together to gain the right to vote and the rallying cry was the call to outlaw alchohol. That didn't work then and the current harse laws won't work now. It would be better if a driver who is caught the first time has to have the breath lock attached to their vehicle. Really.

Answer 6

The law is not stict enough. If you consume alcohol and drive you put innocent lives at risk. No question. I have worked in emergency medicine and was an EMT years ago. I got to pull a baby's face off a windshield thanks to a drunk driver. That will make you change your mind.

To that moron that said the laws are unfair, I hope no loved one of yours ever has to suffer from someone with just a .05 blood alcohol level that got a little sleepy, or had slowed reaction times.


Scary to think someone like that is teaching the youth. You have a smart head on your shoulders. You will come across even dumber educators in college. He's probably a drunk himself.

Answer 7

I think your teacher is wrong. There are some people who might be able to function at the limit. Everyone is different. So rather than risk someone's life, I prefer they keep the limit right where it is. I personally think that people should not drive after having one drink. Period.

Attacking the person enforcing the law will get you thrown in jail and will do nothing to change the law.

Answer 8

I personally feel that EVERY state should enforce the DUI at 0.08 on a breathalizer. I wish every state would do that, but many are still at 0.10. It is medically proven that at 0.08 you are quite physically impaired and your reaction time is only about 1/4 of what it is when you are without alcohol. I suggest he do some research. It sounds to me like he is very poorly informed. As for lowering it to increase DUI quotas, that is completely false. There aren't any DUI quotas in ANY united states jurisdictions. There are violation quotas that are all encompassing, but no DUI quotas.

Answer 9

I agree with your teacher the punishments are outrageous even if you were not at the limit. The way the law works if you went to dinner for a special occasion, say valentines, and had one glass of wine you could get a dui and it ruins your life completely. loss of jobs and ability to obtain one. In my opinion its just another way for the states to make and exorbitant amount of money from people.

Answer 10

no longer something. The regulations are already harsh, this is in basic terms that anybody remains violating the regulation in extra suitable numbers. putting the penalty at existence in penal complex won't exchange the variety plenty. What ought to happen is a much better emphasis on coaching in faculties on the subject of using whilst intoxicated. additionally, many people do no longer believe the police, and so forget approximately approximately what the well-known public perceives as "their rules". finally, the criminal intoxication BAC is arbitrarily low. in lots of states, the shrink is desperate at 0.08, this is somewhat over one alcoholic drink for the final individual in an hour. no longer many anybody is incredibly impaired at that time. because of this, many people have a drink or 2 and forget approximately on the subject of the regulations with the aid of fact they're too strict for no reason. people ought to be arrested in line with their movements and not an arbitrary variety. i'm sorry approximately your buddy and her boyfriend, yet further and extra regulations won't do area of stop those styles of deaths.