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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.auto,net.legal
Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns and Car Confiscation
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 12:25:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 12:25:21 1985
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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