Drunk Driving Laws...

[Flatlander]

The problem is when you bring down the limit to 0.08 as we have, or even lower to like a 0.05 or even lower like some of you have voted for in this poll, you are doing absolutely nothing to effect the real criminals who are going to drive above 0.12 regardless of the law.
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That's a really good point, Paul.

 

[PeachMonkey]

Great points, cogently stated, Paul.

 

[Feisty Mouse]

In this "free" country that we call "America" we are supposed to have the right to due process through the court system. With manditory sentencing, that right has been taken away. I would actually rather see a 0 tolerance law implimented if it ment manditory sentencing would be reversed so we could have our rights to due process again.

Excellent point about mandatory sentencing. It drives me crazy - it takes the judgement (literally) out of the hands of the presiding judge and makes everyone in a certain catefory "the same", no matter the details of your case.