Severe getting angry about people who drive drunk ...

[suhnami]

It's worth repeating that using your phone and driving is 10 TIMES more dangerous than drunk driving (and yet our state does nothing to protect people in this area). I don't understand the manuel transmission comment above...

if we know this is something that is a big issue in our society, why aren't we doing anything about it? Complacency? Fear of change?

Without even addressing the ludicrous claim of being 10x more dangerous once the person puts the phone down theyre fine which is not the case for a drunk driver

 

[suhnami]

Work release with transportation paid by taxing their wages for it

Who knew you were such a Democrat?

Taxing already low wages... that should help. Once people are down lets do everything we can to keep them down. Cant see anything wrong with that.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

Who knew you were such a Democrat?

Taxing already low wages... that should help. Once people are down lets do everything we can to keep them down. Cant see anything wrong with that.

You missed the part that it is their own damn fault. Here's an informative video for people that think illegal actions should just magically be forgiven with unicorn farts.

 

[dodgcntyhskr]

Texting and driving is worse. Where's the anger there?

While I will agree Texting and driving is JUST AS BAD, can't say it is worse, both are f'ing STUPID!

 

[mbartell]

Uber has done wonders for making it a no-brainer to not drink and drive. Its quick, easy and cheap. Plus, getting back to recover your car the next day is much less painless.

Self driving cars are coming, give it another decade and it's likely the whole drinking/texting and driving will be a much smaller issue.

 

[George Utley]

Sadly, it may be cheaper for taxpayers to have a mandatory chauffeur assigned to each offender.

There has got to be a way for the actual prisoners to pay the taxpayers for their time in prison. I shouldn't be paying to build more jails and providing 3 hots and a cot for felons. It shouldn't be a money making deal for the government, but a break even. Until fines and penalties actually start paying for the overall operation of the prison system, throwing every drunk driver in jail and making it serious isn't going to happen.

Let's start by letting all the non-violent drug offenders and other people who pose absolutely no threat to society out of jail. Then we can use all of the extra room and resources to lock up truly dangerous people.

As noted, the huge jail/correctional industry (courts, lawyers, prosecuters, myriad of state and federal law enforcement agencies with seemingly never-ending budgets) make it fairly unlikely that this will occurs anytime soon.

America has more people in jail per capita than any other industrialized society in the history of the planet.

 

[Lincoln100]

Let's start by letting all the non-violent drug offenders and other people who pose absolutely no threat to society out of jail. Then we can use all of the extra room and resources to lock up truly dangerous people.

As noted, the huge jail/correctional industry (courts, lawyers, prosecuters, myriad of state and federal law enforcement agencies with seemingly never-ending budgets) make it fairly unlikely that this will occurs anytime soon.

America has more people in jail per capita than any other industrialized society in the history of the planet.

You serious Clark?

 

[leodisflowers]

Let's start by letting all the non-violent drug offenders and other people who pose absolutely no threat to society out of jail. Then we can use all of the extra room and resources to lock up truly dangerous people.

As noted, the huge jail/correctional industry (courts, lawyers, prosecuters, myriad of state and federal law enforcement agencies with seemingly never-ending budgets) make it fairly unlikely that this will occurs anytime soon.

America has more people in jail per capita than any other industrialized society in the history of the planet.

Agree to a certain extent. Not all of them should get out of the clink, but there definitely should be an evaluation. Some of the sentences for petty as crime is so ridiculous. Weed shouldn't be considered a drug.