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WHy shouldl there be a fine? Aren't we already supposedly paying for the police ouot of our tax dollars? Not..
What legal issues? They have to drive you to jail don't they? I'm much more likely to sue a cop for enforcing an unconstitutional law than I am taking me home.. But thats just me..
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You are the one that said "citation" I assumed that meant a fine. If there is no fine then what good is the citation?
As for driving someone home. Here is how it could go down. The cop pulls you over, you are drunk. He says, "You are a bad boy, here is your little note to remind you not to do it again and now we will drive you home. You live 20 miles away. While they are driving you home another call comes in of an assault. Because you live in a little town like I do there is often only 1 or 2 cops on late at night. The cop is delayed responding to this other call the person gets hurt. They decide to sue the police department because they didn't respond fast enough. Don't think it will happen? The town I live in was sued because it took the cops more than 5 minutes to respond to an alarm at this guy's business and he fucking won!
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3 times in a lifetime? Or do they just make up 3 times in 10 years and if they find one within 10 years they can go back another ten years and so on? We haven't even got into the discussion of the "record" and how that record affects said persons life..
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Yes, 3 times in a lifetime. I think it is not too much to ask that people be responsible for their own actions. I have gone through 39 years of my life without driving drunk, I don't think it is too much to ask someone to not do this 3 times in a lifetime, and as I said above if you follow the rules when you get caught, you avoid going to jail.
How do you propose we deter people from driving drunk if we are just going to take them home and tell them shame?