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Originally Posted by baddog
Libertarians don't believe in laws or the need for them.
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That's just ignorant.
And sorry for your loss Sarah Jayne.
I'm assuming the person that did that was WAY over whatever made-up limits the govt. imposes.
My view is that pulling over people who have had a couple of drinks and declaring them "DUI" and destroying them financially is bullshit and has nothing to do with safety.
Just my opinion.
The ironic part of it is this: cops that get pulled over drunk do not get tickets or DUI's. They get a warning and sent on their way. Even ex-cops get that courtesy.
And when I lived in S.C. we had an office in the downtown section. Everyone in town knew we were a porn company but it was a "secret" if you know what I mean.
So we donated all kinds of money to the city for various projects to keep things "friendly".
And I also wrote a ten grand a year check to the police dept.
That got me and my partner and our wives little stickers that we put on our bumpers of our vehicles.
The cops called it the "get out of jail" sticker.
With that sticker you never got a speeding ticket or any problems like DUI (because they would just wave you past).
As I said...it's a money scam.
Does setting such a low blood/alcohol level save some lives? I don't know. I'm unfamiliar with the stats on people whose blood/alcohol level is right on the line of .008
I know for a fact people have blown that after doing nothing more than gargling with Listerine within a few minutes of a breathalzyer.
My guess is that drunk driving is a problem when it actually IS drunk driving. Not when it's a couple coming home from dinner after sharing a bottle of wine with their meal.
Drunks are drunks. They have addiction problems and are often nailed for DUI over and over and over again. They don't give a shit. They don't even care about having a drivers license.
And sometimes normal people go out and get wasted and try to drive home and cause death and misery.
Most times not. (thank God)
If the authorities were actually worried about our "safety" (and not making money off of people)...then they would simply make it illegal to drive an automobile to any place of business that serves alcohol.
But they don't.
It would be so simple for these local politicians to handle. Put that law in place and then have public transportation running.
Instead...public transportation shuts down in the evening. Even here in Vegas.
I live in the N.W.
There is a nice bus that runs from down the street and goes right to the strip.
Last bus runs at 11 p.m.
WTF???
So...people drive.
It's all about money. The older I get, the more I realize that EVERYTHING is about money. Religion = Money. Laws = Money. Death = Money. Prisons = Money.
