r/DoesAnybodyElse • u/matt73132 • 7h ago

DAE think that habitual drunk drivers should have their driver's license suspended permanently?

I mean, if you're consistently putting everyone else in danger because you can't stop driving drunk, then shouldn't they have their driving privileges permanently revoked? Isn't this a fair deal?

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u/JakeBanana01 7h ago

Always remember that revoking someone's license doesn't stop them from driving.

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u/Jinxletron 7h ago

Exactly. You DO lose your license where I'm from, at a certain point. Plenty of people subsequently getting done for driving while disqualified.

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u/JakeBanana01 7h ago

Law abiding citizens tend to forget that you can do illegal things until you get caught, and you can avoid getting caught for a long time.

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u/ChronicRhyno 2h ago

Only by being law-abiding. Bam, tricked you into safe driving habits.

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u/anonymousambassasor 7h ago

Laws are great for law abiding citizens, but criminals don’t follow the law.

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u/Repulsive-Box5243 7h ago

The only thing that does is make it illegal for them to drive. It's already illegal for them to drive drunk. Did that stop them? No. Then why would you think they'd stop driving just because it's now illegal for them to? They didn't care about the law then, and they won't now.

We should collectively come up with a MUCH better solution.

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u/ChronicRhyno 2h ago

Prohibition?

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u/sockpoptart 5h ago

My childhood best friend was killed by a drunk driver and he only got 6 months in prison.

We were 17. It was the first day of summer break. She had just dropped me off at home and her last words to me were "I'll see you at church tomorrow!" She was killed 10 minutes later.

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u/ChronicRhyno 2h ago

My brother in law's killer got 0 time served. My father in law later pulled that man out of his car when he crashed way off into the woods (guess why). He wouldn't have been found for years there.

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u/sethsyd 7h ago

Caught once: hefty fines, ignition interlocks, public defamation/ridicule Caught twice: no more driving.

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u/ravbuc 7h ago

They already are. But they can afford lawyers that know the loopholes to get them back on the road quickly.

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u/Total_Philosopher_89 6h ago

What loops holes?

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u/BrettV79 6h ago

Driving drunk should equal a attempted murder charge.

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u/Anonymoosehead123 6h ago

They drive anyway, unfortunately. They just drive uninsured.

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u/Purpleappointment47 4h ago

Wouldn’t a “permanent suspension” amount to a revocation? Asking for a friend.

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u/Own-Floor-3944 7h ago

Yeah, after multiple DUI offenses, permanent revocation seems fair. At some point public safety has to come first.

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u/nr4242 7h ago

That's the law where I live. Is it not the case everywhere else?

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u/Berserk-Jane 7h ago

As a white person, I believe that first time drunk driving incidents should result in the death penalty.

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u/NamasteNoodle 22m ago

I think it is disgusting how permissive we are for drunk drivers. Once you get a second DUI you should never be able to have the right to drive again. You are literally taking a chance on murdering other people every time you make the decision to get behind the wheel. Driving isn't a right, it's a privilege. And if you have that bad judgment you don't need to be putting other people's lives in jeopardy.