Or people who try to avoid being caught by posting questions like "how do I avoid a breath test?" on here.
Serious answers only please as I have lost someone very close due to a drink driver. Thank you.
2006-11-14 05:50:42 · 30 answers · asked by Stan The Man 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
They should have a far more harsh punishment than at present.
They know that they could kill someone but choose to drive anyway. This should result in a minimum charge of manslaughter, or murder as they know they will more likely kill.
At the very least, they should be banned for at least 3 years and made to see pictures of dead bodies as a result of drink driving deaths.
Even be made to visit a real fatality that has involved drink.
I too have lost someone close due to a drink driver,,,,, if what I mentioned had been done, my friend may still be alive today.
2006-11-14 05:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by CHRIS H 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I have no doubt that a drunk driver should be treated as any criminal who goes out tooled up. The law is soft and it allows murder on our roads to be punished less than not having a TV licence or paying your council tax.
If you are caught having drunk over the limit or no insurance the least you should get is 3 years prison and 5 year ban. Once released a new driving test. If you are drunk and cause an accident then 5 years minimum and an 8 year ban. If you cause death then life can be the only punishment and never allowed to drive again.
2006-11-14 07:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by deadly 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've answered a similar question to this before, and I'll say the same again - It is one of the most selfish acts a person can participate in!
Any person who blatantly gets behind the wheel in the full knowledge that they have been drinking alcohol and then proceeds to drive has one of the worst weapons in their hands!
We all know that when we've had a couple of drinks we don't have full control and that things can be distorted in our vision, our brains are slower at responding to what we see and hear - then get behind 2 ton of steel and you have an instant weapon with the potential for mass distruction.
Not only do people get maimed and murdered on our roads by drink drivers...the people they leave behind are left numb, shocked and feeling robbed.
The sentencing of these offenders is NEVER harsh enough...I have to speak to victims and witnesses of these wasters, and worse to the relatives who lose their loved ones because somebody fancied a swift one or two and then decided to drive home or some such.
2006-11-14 06:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by lippz 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Drink Drivers are scum bags, who cares whether the statistics say you are more likely to have an accident if you scratch your back side. I go out of my way to nick drink drivers, if you have seen some of the carnage I have seen, as in, having to scrape people off of the road, having to tell parents, wives or husbands that their loved ones have been killed by a selfish idiot. The problem is the drink driver never gets killed, but innocents do. I once had to deal with an accident where the driver was drunk killed a couple and their young baby and then wanted to fight me to get away.
Get a life don't have any if you are going to drive.
2006-11-14 06:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by GRILL 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have to agree with you totally. They should have harsher penalties for drunk drivers. My uncle is a drunk and he ran over top of someones fender and ran. He only got 17 months in jail and worked for the parks dept. I believe he should have gotten alot longer and he went to drinking the day he got out. He still drinks and shows no remorse for anything he has done under the influence. I think that with the programs they have to help people they should make them go and if they do not quit drinking get locked up plus have their names put up in every liquor store and any place that sells liquor and not let them be allowed to purchase it. sorry about your loss too.
2006-11-14 09:51:12 · answer #5 · answered by Melisa H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm so sorry about your loss, my friends daughter was very seriously hurt by a drink driver - she's still in hospital since Jan. She very nearly lost both her legs and the doctors reckon she'll never walk again!!
Needless I'm here to say that ALL drink drivers are some of the lowest people there are around. I don't think there is EVER a "safe" amount of alcohol in your body to be driving afterwards. And I agree that drink driving is tantamount to murder.
2006-11-14 06:04:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You mean drunk driver and I don't worry about the questions that they post. I would happily vote for a law to give the death penalty to drunk drivers who kill someone else. Those who only injure other people should get life in prison. Okay, maybe that is a little harsh, but now you know how I feel about drunk drivers.
2006-11-14 08:48:43 · answer #7 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Having been hit on my motorbike some years ago by a drink driver, I have no time for them at all. Drink drivers deserve all that they get and more. Most of Europe has a zero tolerance for drink drivers and whilst I enjoy a drink as much as anyone, I believe we should follow suit and not allow drinkers to drive.
2006-11-14 05:55:57 · answer #8 · answered by Boring Old Fart 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think anyone caught drinking & driving should have their car seized by the police, banned for 2 years & have to re-sit their test before being allowed to drive again.
However, if they cause a death they should also have a jail sentence for causing death by careless driving & a life-time ban on driving.
I think every time a person gets behind the wheel & drives, knowing they are over the limit it is the same as attempted murder. If it was just themselves they were risking then it wouldn't matter but it is always some poor innocent that suffers.
2006-11-14 05:59:56 · answer #9 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If you can afford to go out and have a few drinks, then you can afford taxi fare. If you can't afford taxi fare, then stay close to home. Full Stop. It's not rocket science--cars are big and dangerous; alcohol impairs reactions; 1+1=2. It's like playing with a loaded gun--you may drive 100 times after drinking a few and cause no harm; but on the 101st time...
One of my sisters drove drunk one too many times; she had an accident and now our family is short one sister... not the one driving; the one in the car with her. I ask why?!! For fun?!! ... tell me, do you think the *fun* they had that day was worth living every day since knowing you killed one of your own?
2006-11-14 06:39:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋