Welcome to this week’s episode of “attempting to solve social problems using technological means.”
So far, the world hasn't found one. A breathalyser is a pretty small price to pay if you already have two DUIs.
Note that anyone who has been caught driving drunk twice has, statistically speaking, probably been driving drunk a lot more times than those two.
Drunk in this case is precisely defined in the law as a permillage of alcohol in the blood stream (the law varies per country, but you should know the ones applicable to you). Valid methods of measuring this are described as well.
Incidentally, what you say is almost literally what every inebriated driver who caused an accident resulting in severe harm or loss of life says afterwards before coming to terms with their actions.
And of course what the law defines is an alcohol limit, which is probably very conservative: it cannot define the meaning of the word "drunk".
I think every opinion and decision must be challenged, otherwise, when only one side of the debate has legitimacy, you end up with entirely skewed decisions. And since drunk driving does kill people, and nobody dared to defend drinkers, there has been a lack of balance in the initiatives against it.
So I'm sacrificing my karma for the sake of some balance :)
Said every drunk driver, ever. I have no respect for drunk drivers. You don't care about your life, that's on you. But you are putting the lives of other people in serious jeopardy by doing this. Someone could end up having their life destroyed, or maybe even dying because of your shitty actions.
> And since drunk driving does kill people, and nobody dared to defend drinkers, there has been a lack of balance in the initiatives against it.
There is a reason behind this. When you are drunk, you have lowered inhibitions, poor judgement, more (often unwarranted, like in your previous post) self confidence, vision problems, poor hand-eye coordination, drowsiness, the list goes on. You should not in any case be driving while drunk, and you do have to be daring to defend drunk driving. I am happy there has been a lack of balance in that regard.
If it was just you driving on am empty field or track where the only person you could harm is yourself, I'd have no problem with it. But you are putting others at risk, and that's where I draw the line.
People are influenced by others, younger drivers in particular. You are not only responsible for your own actions, but also for the message you send to others.
Crippling insurance costs?
If you're caught here then you better have deep pockets, assuming you get your licence back in a year.
Also you turn to psychologists for assistance with handling recidivist alcoholics.