All of the vehicle license plates available in America

Re:All of the vehicle license plates available in America by haliskerbas on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:55PM (#37217257)

We have ruined people's lives in this country for selling a bit of weed, but we wouldn't want to disrupt someone's life too much if they drove drunk THREE times!

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Re:All of the vehicle license plates available in America by haswell on Monday August 21, 2023 @11:41PM (#37218420)

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Re:All of the vehicle license plates available in America by ahtihn on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @04:36AM (#37220077)

> Driving drunk is stupid, dangerous, and should involve serious penalties. We should not ruin people’s lives over it.

After getting caught 3 times doing it? Meaning they do it very frequently and will never stop doing it? It's not an innocent mistake at this point.

Yes driving privileges should absolutely be revoked over it and if that ruins their life maybe they should have thought about the consequences of their actions?

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Re:All of the vehicle license plates available in America by zirgs on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @04:44AM (#37220123)

I'd argue that we should ruin people's lives over it. Why stop driving drunk if there are no serious consequences?

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Re:All of the vehicle license plates available in America by mitchdoogle on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:16PM (#37226595)

Texting while driving (or other similar distractions) results in slower reaction times for drivers than even drunk drivers. Yet it doesn't carry the same stigma. I would even guess a big portion of the people who have absolute disdain for drunk driving are guilty of distracted driving from time to time.

I don't know what the answer to that is, since it's more difficult to catch and prove But at the least we should all call out our friends or family if we see them doing it, the same way we would if they were about to drive while drunk.

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