I've heard that in Germany, if you drink and drive once, your license is suspended for life. Do you think we should have that law in the US?
2007-12-29 16:24:38 · 5 answers · asked by humble.earthling 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Ok, so even if it is not a law in Germany, as told to me by the bubbly young checker at Trader Joe's, do you think we should have this law?
2007-12-29 17:04:29 · update #1
The laws in Europe ARE much stricter. BUT, the cops don't pull you over for no reason. You actually have to be breaking a law to get pulled over.
Not the way it is here.
We are no safer on the roads than before the laws went into effect. BUT our government and courts are bigger and richer.
Feel better now?
2007-12-29 16:59:01 · answer #1 · answered by Gem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if that is true in Germany, but it is in some European countries. In many states(USA), the 3rd and subsuquent conviction for DWI is a felony. Certainly after 3 times, the person has demonstrated that they should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car. As I tell my daughter, who is almost old enough for a driver's license, "The ability to drive a car is also the ability to kill."
2007-12-29 16:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by carterchas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 11:56:50 · answer #3 · answered by janzen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no we should not ever have a law like that. everyone makes mistakes, even people that get caught driving drunk. people have jobs to get to, kids to take to school or whatever and many places in the us dont have bus or taxi systems. i dont care what the mistake is, you should not have to suffer a lifetime for being stupid once. and whats "legally" drunk for one person is nowhere near drunk for some. if anything every unique person should have their own personalized "legal limit" to drive so many people that are charged with dui would be charged only if in fact they were impaired, which is not exactly the case now.
2007-12-29 16:36:21 · answer #4 · answered by bootleg 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You've heard wrong. That is NOT the law in Germany.
Richard
2007-12-29 16:29:46 · answer #5 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋