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Originally Posted by onwebcam
I have an uncle who was rear ended by a drunk cop in a police car. The drunk cop got taken away and my uncle was blamed for the accident. Look we've all had drunk driver experiences. The fact is as long as there's alcohol we're going to have drunk drivers.. No law is going to stop that. That is unless you'd like to try prohibition again? We know how well that worked before and we REALLY know how well it's working as far as drugs are concerned.
How about another personal story.. My mom was stopped at a DUI check point which they setup outside the only entrance to her subdivision. SHe like me doesn't care too much for our supposed "protectors" and especially didn't care too much about being stopped outside the entrance to her home. Well long story short the cops doesn't like her attitude and decides she's an "offender" she passes all the usual tests but the cops is bound and determinded so he hauls her off to the hospital. End result he gives her a DUI for her medication she has been taking for about 25 years. Did you know that aroud 70% of the medication over the counter can result in you having a DUI?
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When she went to court and showed them she is on prescription medicine did the toss it out?
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So you think we should lock people away because they have a addiction? You don't seem to understand that jail and fines don't solve the problem. It only costs you and I about $30k a year to house.. BTW I'm becoming to drunk to continue on much further with this conversation..lol I think I need to go get some cigarettes.
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What do suggest we do with them? I feel this way: If you want to sit you your house and shook heroin into your nuts, I don't care. But if you are going to get behind the wheel and drive afterwards now I do care.
So what do you suggest we do with people who drink and drive and get caught? Again, I ask, if a cop pulls someone over for whatever reason and sees they are drunk, should they just let them go? If not, what do we do with them? We put them in treatment? that isn't free, so who pays for it?