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RE: What Are Victim-less Crimes?

in #life8 years ago

The drunk driving one has always bothered me. Yes, people get hurt and even killed due to drunk drivers... but it seems more and more people are losing their right to travel and sometimes even their jobs because they had a drink or two with their meal.

If they truly don't want us to drink and drive, why allow for a small amount of alcohol in the system be tolerated. When I was young, I lost my license for three months. I wasn't drunk, but I did have a beer. It didn't matter how much I had or the circumstances that led up to that drink. I was treated the same as someone who had just left the bar after drinking steady for five hours.

These days, I don't drink. I've witnessed friends lose their jobs though. I know them well. They are not impaired after a few drinks, they are stupid for driving through a check stop after a few drinks, which was the only reason they had problems. They didn't speed and swerve and endanger lives on the way to the check stop.

This preventative BS is just that. If there is a victim due to drinking and driving, then call it murder and be done with it.

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I agree drunk driving bothers me too! I was involved in a hit and run on my bicycle. I don't know if the driver was drunk. But I'm assuming they were, To hit me like that and flee.
They definitely need to change the laws on that.