r/news • u/maiscestmoi • Oct 11 '21

Title Not From Article Accountant cleared of drink driving after claiming she guzzled vodka AFTER crash

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/im-not-going-lie-necked-21820359
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u/Thankkratom Oct 11 '21 edited Oct 11 '21

Ever heard of allowing people to learn from mistakes..? Had I gotten a DUI under your rules when I used to drink and drive I would have surely never had the chance to better myself and change into the man I am now who would never drink and drive. Should I not have the right to work because I made a dumb choice?

Edit: If you meant first offense for running from a DUI then of course it needs harsher penalties than regular drinking and driving, but not permanently suspending their license. Clearly you are all perfect humans so you wouldn’t understand. Jail is 100% where those people belong, but a chance to try again after a year of jail time seems more than fair.

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u/hr2pilot Oct 11 '21

I personally know a guy that did this. Cops were pissed when they showed up at his house and he opened the door holding a double whiskey.

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u/Thankkratom Oct 11 '21

The penalties for that should definitely be much worse than sitting in your car and taking your consequences like a man. The law is set up like this to allow certain people to get away with DUIs, that’s just plain wrong.

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u/mjociv Oct 11 '21

The law is set up like this to allow certain people to get away with DUIs, that’s just plain wrong.

MADD and other special interest groups fighting for and successfully getting harsher punishments throughout the 80s and 90s is the reason the punishments are so disproportionately strict when compared to other crimes. AFAIK this isn't really debated...

For example in my state the mandatory minimum jail sentence for trespassing is 14 days, assault and battery of a public employee is 90 days, and first offense OUI is one year.

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u/emerald00 Oct 11 '21

That's how it should be. There is no reason anyone should be driving while intoxicated.