Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.auto Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns and Car Confiscation Message-ID: <658@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 14:26:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.658 Posted: Fri Aug 9 14:26:59 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 02:29:18 EDT References: <264@SCIRTP.UUCP> <624@ttidcc.UUCP> <749@houxa.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 29 Xref: linus net.flame:10601 net.auto:6540 Summary: In article <749@houxa.UUCP> lmv@houxa.UUCP (L.VANDERBILT) writes: >> >>When caught driving drunk not only is the vehicle used confiscated but >>_all_ vehicles belonging to the drunk driver are confiscated along with >>their driver's license. (If they haven't got a license they obviously don't >>need a car). > >and what about the guy whose wife needs the car to go grocery >shopping and take the kids to the doctor, etc...??? i know you'll >say put the other car in her name but not all people can do that. >so here is this person who has their car taken away when they didn't >do anything -- very bad solution!!!!! Actually, I responded to this in the original article. My idea was that, if anyone is going to be inconvenienced, it should be the drunk driver and their family losing transportation rather than their victims' families losing lives. There's a very simple way to avoid the problem completely: DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe