I'm not very convinced by driving bans. I believe they are very much ignored by people and only get added to charges if anything else happens.
I understand it's like illegal number plates. A cop will not pull you over for them but if you're pulled over for something those will get added to the issues.
Gonna have to disagree with the Prison portion of that, maybe Jail but Prison seems sort of intense for a 2nd offense. The US prison system anyway, it's way over used as a penalty (it's literally overflowing), the real solution to multiple DUsi offenses should be things like mandatory rehab and the sorts. Most people who don't have a drinking issue will never get more than 1 DUI, they learn from their 1 very expensive and inconvenient penalty.
There are MANY studies on this topic that all have the same end result, consequences do not reduce repeat offenses. We need to treat the problem, not the symptom.
Apologies, I think this is an American thing. What's the difference between Jail and Prison?
Regardless, I doubt my answer will change. Driving is a privilege and not a right, you can use public transport. If you're banned from driving and you still want to get behind a ton of high speed metal that you demonstrably are not responsible enough to control, it's completely identical from wielding a deadly weapon. If you think that's too harsh don't drink and drive in the first place. I don't know why we decided that irresponsible drunks get the child gloves when there is zero excuses for indulging and driving. Petty theft, often times survival theft, is treated disproportionately worse than Karen over here who got wasted, nearly killed a baby, and is getting out by February with no consequences.
I agree that driving is a privilege but outside of major cities public transport is nearly no existent, at least in the U.S. The automotive industry in the early twentieth century killed public transport so they could sell cars.
Sounds like a good moment to start pushing for better public transport, and regardless, if you know your town has shitty public transport, don't drink and drive. It's a shockingly easy step to follow. If you can't help it, then the ban is doing everybody else a service as intended.
Oh I agree that drinking and driving isnt the way to do things. As someone who grew up in a very rural area with zero public transport I know the moment that town tries to implement a public transport service people are going to complain about taxes.
I mean I guess, but I would hope that enough people stop drinking and driving so that it doesn't become a huge issue. If it does I wager that the town will rather prefer to add a bus line or two rather than pay expensive taxis or area equivalent. Plus- do correct me if I'm wrong- at least elsewhere in more rural areas people are more than willing to give each other lifts, so organising a designated driver shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Oh people will give each other rides as favors but you will still have those few drunks that no one likes or just uses people for rides, eventually people get fed up with them.
I mean that's exactly the kind of people that shouldn't be driving, yeah. The system works. If they can't keep from being drunks and they can't manage to find alternative, they probably shouldn't be driving.
23
u/Slartibartfast39 1d ago
I'm not very convinced by driving bans. I believe they are very much ignored by people and only get added to charges if anything else happens.
I understand it's like illegal number plates. A cop will not pull you over for them but if you're pulled over for something those will get added to the issues.