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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Aug 2009
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For the children's sake...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:39:38 -0600, wrote:
This note is a bit too long as it is, Tom.
Yeah - it was, but unfortunately, it doesn't quite address the issue.
Why do you object to a legal requirement to drive sober?
A formalistic treatise on the legal niceties of justice is all well
and good, but you still do not explain, as a practical matter, why you
take high offense at an issue that is clearly in the interests of
society as a whole.
As you formulate your reply, keep this in mind. For every drunk
driver arrested, that same drunk driver has driven, on average, 271
times under the influence prior to being arrested.
That is behavior that cannot be tolerated.
I doubt that the average drunk driver has driven 271 times DUI. The real
drunks do, but with the laws now with a very low BAC to make you a DUI
driver, I think the average DUI person is one who does not realize he has
gone past the magical number. And a mandatory felony is absurd on a first
arrest.
Hate to tell you, but you don't need to be 0.08 or above to get convicted.
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