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#207637 - 07/05/04 03:57 AM
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It makes no sense to me why people drink and drive. Every year so many people die because of other peoples bad decisions. Only tougher DUI and DWI laws and judges with the guts to enforce them will lower this unnecessary lost of human lives. 
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#207638 - 07/05/04 07:22 PM
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"Only tougher DUI and DWI laws and judges with the guts to enforce them will lower this unnecessary lost of human lives."
Unfortunately I don't think this is true. As long as we have drinkers and automobiles, we will have drunk drivers. Most of us have felt the sting that TrueBlue is now feeling and part of the anger and frustration is that there isn't anything we can really do to put a complete stop to it. Sometimes I think living a long life involves more luck than we know.
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#207639 - 07/06/04 02:24 PM
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my brother and sister both lost best friends to DD's... it is heart breaking and preventable. My sister's best friend was killed when her boyfriend was driving drunk and hit a brick mail box on her side of the car. so it also goes to say, don't get in cars with people who have been drinking!!
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#207641 - 07/06/04 03:59 PM
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In my home town in SC this past weekend the local police set up a checkpoint to catch drunks drivers. A young man only 21 years of age ran the checkpoint. The police gave chase and by the time they caught him he had crashed into an innocent victim and killed her and himself. Such a terrible waste of life. The car was loaded with beer bottles....If you drink don't drink....will people ever learn? 
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#207644 - 07/07/04 01:21 PM
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Sometimes I think living a long life is more luck than anything!
This has a certain ring of truth to it! There are ways to avoid some drunk drivers. You can stay off the roads on ceratin holidays...New Years...4th of July. Don't drive on rural 2 lane roads after 10:00PM and especially on the weekends. Take the keys aways from friends and realtives that have been drinking. Always have a designated driver!
Report any erratic driving while you are on the road.
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#207645 - 07/08/04 10:25 PM
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Does anyone know much about MADD? Is there a group for Fathers Against Drunk Drivers? I would like to do something to help make a difference!
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#207646 - 07/08/04 10:35 PM
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Does anyone know much about MADD? Is there a group for Fathers Against Drunk Drivers? I would like to do something to help make a difference!
Go to http://www.madd.org/home/
I don’t know if there is a fathers against drunk driver’s organization, but I’m sure MADD welcomes fathers as well.
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#207647 - 07/08/04 10:37 PM
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This was me. Sorry forgot to log on.  Go to http://www.madd.org/home/I don’t know if there is a fathers against drunk driver’s organization, but I’m sure MADD welcomes fathers as well.
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#207648 - 07/09/04 02:11 AM
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This was me. Sorry forgot to log on.
Go to http://www.madd.org/home/
I don’t know if there is a fathers against drunk driver’s organization, but I’m sure MADD welcomes fathers as well.
GREAT WEBSITE!! Thanks.....  VioletRose
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#207649 - 07/10/04 02:28 AM
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I also visited the website and was amazed at how many people have been killed by drunk drivers over the years. One lady lost her husband,oldest daughter and youngest son to a drunk driving accident. The only reason she and her 2 youngest daughters survived is because they were sick and did not make the skiing trip. I don't know what can be done to stop drunk drivers...I do know that I can be a designated driver and not let my friends or family drive drunk. I can educate my children and their friends about the horrors of drunk driving. Who knows I make even save a fews lives!!
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#207650 - 07/12/04 04:50 PM
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Some states / counties have requirements that breathalyzer things be installed in the cars of convicted drunk drivers. The car won't start if it measures a certain level. That means they had to be caught once already, though.
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#207652 - 07/12/04 05:01 PM
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Personally, I would like to see those installed in all cars and trucks.
You know, if all the states are going to pass seat belt laws, this isn't a far fetched or bad idea.
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#207653 - 07/12/04 05:17 PM
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problem is, and i have seen this first hand, if the driver knows they've had enough to fail the test they'll get some one to breathe for them... scared the heck out of me...
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#207656 - 07/12/04 05:57 PM
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Actually, the problem with this is that it punishes the people who act responsibly.
I don't get it, how can you be punished if you are acting responsibly? My guess is that your car would start if you act responsible.
Because you have to blow for a breathalyzer ever time you want to drive, and you don't drink and drive, if there is a problem with that part on your car, you are stranded until it can be fixed and have to pay for it, even if you have never consumed a drop of alcohol in your life, etc. etc.
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#207657 - 07/12/04 05:58 PM
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Actually, the problem with this is that it punishes the people who act responsibly.
The biggest problem with DUI is the fact that judges let them get away with it. They dole out lesser sentences instead of throwing the book at them. They NEED to make the sentences being handed down from the bench a deterent to driving drunk, and they need to take repeat offenders off the streets.
The prisons are overcrowded. The jails are overcrowded. All sorts of criminals are getting lesser sentences including murderers, rapists, sex offenders, etc. Do we continue to build expensive prisons and treat prisoners first class? Or should there be more capital punishment?
Yeah throw the book at them...but where do we continue to put them?
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#207658 - 07/12/04 05:59 PM
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Actually, the problem with this is that it punishes the people who act responsibly.
The biggest problem with DUI is the fact that judges let them get away with it. They dole out lesser sentences instead of throwing the book at them. They NEED to make the sentences being handed down from the bench a deterent to driving drunk, and they need to take repeat offenders off the streets.
The prisons are overcrowded. The jails are overcrowded. All sorts of criminals are getting lesser sentences including murderers, rapists, sex offenders, etc. Do we continue to build expensive prisons and treat prisoners first class? Or should there be more capital punishment?
Yeah throw the book at them...but where do we continue to put them?
Iraq?
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#207659 - 07/12/04 06:03 PM
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Actually, the problem with this is that it punishes the people who act responsibly.
The biggest problem with DUI is the fact that judges let them get away with it. They dole out lesser sentences instead of throwing the book at them. They NEED to make the sentences being handed down from the bench a deterent to driving drunk, and they need to take repeat offenders off the streets.
The prisons are overcrowded. The jails are overcrowded. All sorts of criminals are getting lesser sentences including murderers, rapists, sex offenders, etc. Do we continue to build expensive prisons and treat prisoners first class? Or should there be more capital punishment?
Yeah throw the book at them...but where do we continue to put them?
Iraq?
A good start...or Afghanistan.
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#207660 - 07/12/04 10:11 PM
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I think I would rather you come at me with a knife or gun than a 2 ton automobile/truck or SUV driven by a drunk driver. At least with knife or gun I may have a chance to run. Most DUI/DWI fatalities the innocent victims don't know what hit them. Such a waste of totally innocent lifes....it's makes me sick!!
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