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Originally Posted by buzzard
Aren't they supposed to protect you from driving drunk? ...So they let you get in your car drunk and then arrest you?
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Realistically you or your friends should protect you from driving drunk. It isn't that I am opposed the police giving someone a ride home from a bar or something like that, it is just that the way things are now it just isn't in the budget. The town I live in has about 4 bars in it (its a small town). On Friday and Saturday night all of them are pretty full. At any given time On Friday or Saturday night the police only have 2 officers on duty. Those two officers could spend hours just driving drunk people home and because of that could miss actual drunk drivers or they could be in a situation where they might be delayed in responding to a call because of this.
I look at it like this. Everyone knows it is illegal to drink and drive. If someone is going to go out and drink and risk driving home they deserve every ounce of punishment they get if they get caught. They should take responsibility for themselves and either arrange a ride in advance or call for one after or just not do it. They shouldn't put it into the hands of the tax payers to make sure that they get home safely because they decided to go out and get drunk.