tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post117327576889086004..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Long prison sentences won't reduce drunk drivingGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8555990244863811682008-05-21T19:36:00.000-05:002008-05-21T19:36:00.000-05:00I would much rather drive with a guy drinking a be...I would much rather drive with a guy drinking a beer than a mother on a cell phone The guy is more careful not to spill his beer.<BR/>If it was not safe to drink and drive...why does my car come with cup holders?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42802143977716669542008-05-21T19:28:00.000-05:002008-05-21T19:28:00.000-05:00Why are they trying so hard to stop drinking and d...Why are they trying so hard to stop drinking and driving when sober drivers kill more people then someone out having a good time. Just look at the % of sober drivers killing others and no arrests are made. Let's get all the men together and start Dads against sober driversAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39375824704593587742007-03-23T10:48:00.000-05:002007-03-23T10:48:00.000-05:00Read the labels on mouth wash, Nyquil, and many co...Read the labels on mouth wash, Nyquil, and many cough medications sold over the counter. These all contain alcohol. Where is your medical degree? You want to stop someone from going to work because his/her car won't start because of cough syrup? Honestly, what are you thinking, evidently you are not, jus want to get re-elected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1173397858606935642007-03-08T17:50:00.000-06:002007-03-08T17:50:00.000-06:00I agree Scott. My jury tagged a ten-time loser wi...I agree Scott. My jury tagged a ten-time loser with 90 years on perjured testimony (my opinion) and intentional efforts by the prosecutors to inflame the jury. He'd been unable to receive treatment, been kicked out of the pen without the in-house theraputic treatment program, and never had an accident. We will pay for him, unless justice prevails through a pending motion for new trial or through the appellate process, until he is 137, and by God, I hope he can hold out that long so the public gets the point.<BR/><BR/>I've often wondered why the auto manufacturers cannot install ignition interlock devices (as a precursor to better technology) in order to try to reduce the death toll their vehicles cause in the wrong hands, when they know there are thousands of alcoholics out there. I'm not advocating for such a device, they don't work well enough and, of course, they can be manipulated, such as using someone else to blow, but technology could be found if we truly wanted to eliminate drunk driving from the books. But that begs the question, does anyone in the criminal justice system truly want to eliminate crime when it means loss of their employment? I'd gladly quit practicing criminal defense if we could eliminate crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1173277964768765822007-03-07T08:32:00.000-06:002007-03-07T08:32:00.000-06:00If society really wants to do something about drun...If society really wants to do something about drunk driving, then the police should set up shop in the parking lot of every bar, giving a sobriety test to everyone who walks out, and a trip to the drunk tank for everyone who is carried out.<BR/><BR/>This would hurt the bar business, but it would stop most of drunk driving.<BR/><BR/>We know this will never happen, so society really does not want to stop drunk driver. Instead they pretend to take it seriously, and this kind of legislation is the result of that -- pretending. Yet the pretending has serious consequences for the few who get gobbled up by it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com