“The chairman added he was concerned that drunken driving laws could infringe on the constitutional rights of drivers”…
Say that again?
Exactly where in the constitution does it give anyone the right to drink & drive? Last time I looked, driving was a privelege, not an unassailable right. I won’t argue anybody’s right to have a drink if they choose, or their right to exercise the option to drive. But the two should never meet, and each should be done responsibly!
You have the right to bear arms, too, but not the right to wilfully and wantonly shoot someone. Why should you have the right to turn your automobile into a weapon by getting behind the wheel with diminished capacity?
Give me a break!
Leave it to a politician to speak prior to thinking, and a Democrat to try and protect the “rights” of the common criminal…
It’s the courts that have to enforce any drunk driving laws and they’ve clearly demonstrated the inability or unwillingness to do so. How many fatal accidents have you read about where the drunk had multiple prior convictions but was still behind the wheel? They can pass all the legislation they like but it it’s not enforced………the point it moot.
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“The chairman added he was concerned that drunken driving laws could infringe on the constitutional rights of drivers”…
Say that again?
Exactly where in the constitution does it give anyone the right to drink & drive? Last time I looked, driving was a privelege, not an unassailable right. I won’t argue anybody’s right to have a drink if they choose, or their right to exercise the option to drive. But the two should never meet, and each should be done responsibly!
You have the right to bear arms, too, but not the right to wilfully and wantonly shoot someone. Why should you have the right to turn your automobile into a weapon by getting behind the wheel with diminished capacity?
Give me a break!
Leave it to a politician to speak prior to thinking, and a Democrat to try and protect the “rights” of the common criminal…
It’s the courts that have to enforce any drunk driving laws and they’ve clearly demonstrated the inability or unwillingness to do so. How many fatal accidents have you read about where the drunk had multiple prior convictions but was still behind the wheel? They can pass all the legislation they like but it it’s not enforced………the point it moot.