• wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    Mine are unpopular, but in the other direction.

    I think your first DUI offense should be the last time you drive. Period. I feel like the fact it’s so lax is due to people knowing they won’t be severely punished.

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      9 days ago

      Punishments are pretty severe… Night in jail, thousands in fines, possibility of losing your license… Justified when the person is actually inebriated but I don’t believe that is the case at .08… that’s a little buzz.

      Not trying to change minds here though. I know it’s an unpopular opinion.

      • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works
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        9 days ago

        I don’t think a little buzz is ok either. Driving is dangerous at the best of times. Another reply somewhere in this thread already said it, but there’s no need to make it worse than it has to be.

        • CallateCoyote@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          People go to bars and friends’ houses and such and drink. It’s a part of life in western society. There is a massive difference in being slightly buzzed and being sloshed and I think the punishments should scale. Just as I’m not trying to change minds, mine won’t change either. This is my unpopular opinion as the thread requested.

          • ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml
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            9 days ago

            It would be for the best if public transport were good enough everywhere that you wouldn’t have to drive a vehicle with alcohol in your system.