What do you think of drink driving laws?

Question

I don’t think drink driving laws are fair as it is just some level that people come up with – surely it should be about how you drive. I was driving fine but got pulled over for no insurance and was over the limit.

I have to go back to court now and the fact that I got done for drink driving and also no insurance I could end up back in prison as I have a suspended sentence for something else from last year.

I’ve had a few problems in the past but things have been going OK recently but now things are all messed up again – just because I was over this limit that somebody set although I was driving alright.

Answer 1

I want you to present your agrument to the families of people killed by drunk drivers, or those who have been horribly, permanently maimed by them and see how much sympathy you get. The reason that certain limits have been set, idiot, is because drunk people do not always realize that they are impaired and unable to drive. Maybe you think you were driving just fine, but over a certain blood alcohol level, most people do not drive just fine, regardless of how well they think they're doing. That's how they set the limit.
I know for one that I don't even take my car when I go somewhere that I expect to drink, because I know I feel fine and think I am normal, but others hear my slurred speech and see my clumsiness, after only a few drinks.
I hope you go to prison and I hope your license gets permanently revoked, since you can't take responsibility for your actions and clearly aren't going to change your ways. If that happens, I will send a silent prayer of thanks on behalf of all the innocent kids who won't be killed by you and your ignorance.

Answer 2

For a start - you would not have been pulled over for "no insurance and being over the limit" as these are not actually visible to the Police. You must have caught their attention for some other reason, ie bad driving.....!!
There should be no alcohol limit, it should just be made illegal to drive after consuming any alcohol.
You are in charge of your own actions and driving with no insurance and drinking as well ought to be a compulsory prison sentence. It is completely irresponsible, dangerous and reckless and obviously you have no thoughts for anyone but yourself.
Your life is messed up again because you did the wrong thing by making the wrong choice. If you do get a prison sentence perhaps it will give you time to work out how to make the right choices when you come out.

Answer 3

First of all,I have no sympathy with you.Drink driving is against the law and you should not do it.Having no insurance is not as serious and there's no excuse for it.

I'm a traffic cop and the drink drive laws are there for a reason - Road Safety. You may say that your driving was OK but having alcohol impares your reactions and abilities to perform tasks and what you might deem as ok it wont be. If i could have a pound for every time i charge someone with drink driving and they say "I WAS OK TO DRIVE", I would be a multi millionaire. First lesson - DON'T DO IT NUMPTY!!!.

It also people like yourself that has no insurance that helps other people's insurance premiums to go sky high.If you don't want insurance dont have a car.

The judge will have a fun time dealing with you.

ENJOY!!!!!

Answer 4

You might have driven ok, but someone else on the same amount could have been worse off, they set the limit at the minimum to protect us, its the law and we arent supposed to agree with it, just go along with it.
The fact you had no insurance means that you seem to not care about doing things the legal way and just do your own thing which doesnt look good for your case.
Maybe you should learn from this and things will work out much better for you.

Answer 5

Not much more than a pint is the limit Everyone is different but a pint is probably about the marker. It used to be closer to 2 pints but they reduced it. It's unfortunate that they can't find a way to test if you're drunk rather than the exact amount of alcohol in your system. So many people get banned for driving in the morning because they still have alcohol in there ststem even though there sober.

Answer 6

its plain and simpe, you have a drink you dont drive. i dont know exactly what the drink drive limit is here in the u.k , some say youre ok after a pint of beer or glass of wine but an 18 stone (252lbs) rugby player is going to be able to metabolise a pint of carling with 4,2% alcohol content differently to am 8 stone (112lbs) woman drinking a glass of wine at 12% alcohol content.

i think the goverment sould cut the limit to 0 and anyone caught dui should get the full sentence be it 5 months with a year ban or 5 years with a 5 year ban on driving, and the driving ban should start on release from prison. if you got caught without insurance then thats a second offence for you to be charged with so you get an extra long sentance, in other words if you hypothetically get sentenced to 5 months for dui, a 12 month driving ban and another 6 months for driving with no insurance you serve the 11 months in prison and then start your 12 month driving ban, it doesnt matter how clean you kept your nose recently you screwed up by driving under the influence and without insurance...just be greatfull you never killed anyone eh?

Answer 7

The limit is set by what percentage of blood alcohol will cause most people to be too impaired to drive.

You said you got pulled over for no insurance. How can that happen? The officer can somehow use the force and know you don't have insurance, so he stopped you?

I am inclined to believe that you weren't driving quite as well as you thought you were, and when you were stopped, you didn't have insurance. That string of events makes a little more sense.

Answer 8

If you are over the limit, you are impaired. I don't care if you believe that you "were driving fine", you weren't. You may have felt fine, but every unit of alcohol reduces your ability to make good decisions and drastically impacts upon your reaction times. The legal limit is there in recognition of this fact, and of the fact that drink drivers are gambling with their own and other people's lives.

Quite frankly if you already had a suspended sentence hanging over you then you should have considered the consequences of committing further offences. Even if you weren't aware you were over the limit, you were obviousloy aware that you were uninsured.

Answer 9

DUI laws are carefully tailored to be the most lucrative source of revenue since the IRS.... and nobody can complain.

The concept of punishing a person prior to the crime is absurd. Drinking drivers involved in accidents should get automatic 5 years.

Breathalyzers can vary 3 full points depending on the person conducting the test.. ALWAYS demand a hospital blood test, your right by law in all states.

Answer 10

No one in their Right Mind would have any sympathy for your situation.

You have just admitted to endangering innocent drivers on the road by driving while intoxicated. Whether or not you were driving "alright" is irrelevant. You were in no condition to react quickly enough to an unexpected event on the road.

IN any event, your lack of insurance meant that you would never take financial responsibility for yourself in the event of an accident. Insurance is a financial responsibility to protect others on the road, which is something you already don't care about since you're driving drunk.

Finally, you don't even care about yourself and your own future, because you persisted in these behaviors despite the knowledge that any contact with police could send you to prison.

Things are Not "messed up again", unless You "messed" them up.