Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unc.unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.auto,net.legal Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns and Car Confiscation Message-ID: <147@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 12:25:21 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.147 Posted: Wed Aug 14 12:25:21 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 16:13:08 EDT References: <264@SCIRTP.UUCP> <624@ttidcc.UUCP> <123@unc.unc.UUCP> <675@ttidcc.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.flame:11560 net.auto:7671 net.legal:2078 Summary: In article <675@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes: >I think it (confiscating cars used by drunk drivers) simplifies matters. >No jails to build, no new taxes to impose, the impound facilities >and auctions are already in place and the program is >self-supporting through the sale of confiscated vehicles. >Fines and community service have failed to work to date. >>If you want to punish someone for lending a car to a driver >>who turns out to be so irresponsible as to drive drunk, >>then this could warrant a more reasonable fine of about $200. >The object is not to punish but to deter. A $200 fine isn't enough to keep >some people from littering let alone loaning a car to a friend. Why do you want do deter people from lending cars? I think it would be damned inconvenient if nobody would lend me a car if I really needed it. Not that I'm a drunk driver, but a friend may worry that there's always a first time. Frank Silbermann