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,net.legal Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns and Car Confiscation Message-ID: <675@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 19:09:13 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.675 Posted: Tue Aug 13 19:09:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:01:00 EDT References: <264@SCIRTP.UUCP> <624@ttidcc.UUCP> <123@unc.unc.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 34 Xref: linus net.flame:10631 net.auto:6593 net.legal:1681 Summary: In article <123@unc.unc.UUCP> fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) writes: >Confiscating cars used by drunk drivers only complicates matters. >Just fine the driver $5,000. If he can't pay, then sell the dept >to a collection agency, or require him to work it off in community >service (ideally including all Friday and Saturday evenings). I think it 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. >By the way, drunk driving, with all its dangers, has been around for decades. >Why did everybody wait till the last couple of years to jump on the >anti-drunk-driving bandwagon? Is this the new fad of the year? People have been complaining about drunk driving for decades. It's only recently that groups like MADD have managed to get the attention of the media and raise enough cash to counter the liquor lobbies. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ 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