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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 437894" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Our laws pertaining to drinking and driving are quite lax compared to those in Europe. Over there if you are DUI you <u>will</u> do serious jail time and have your license yanked for several years....on the first offense.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the cop being judge jury and executioner....he isnt. He can charge you with DUI even if you are under .08, but he will have to testify in court and you will have an opportunity to plead your case. .08 and over is simply the point at which you are considered legally intoxicated whether you pass a sobriety test or not and the testimony of the cop is no longer needed.</p><p> </p><p>The real issue here is the repeat offenders. They are the ones getting in the accidents, and they aren't blowing .08 or .10 they are blowing .25 or higher. A lot of them havent had a valid license in years and never will; its cheaper and easier for them to just spend $500 on a beater car and drive it until they get pulled over (again) and the car gets impounded (again) and they get cited and released (again). Folks like these need some real jail time or they just keep on driving whether they have a license or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 437894, member: 14668"] Our laws pertaining to drinking and driving are quite lax compared to those in Europe. Over there if you are DUI you [U]will[/U] do serious jail time and have your license yanked for several years....on the first offense. As far as the cop being judge jury and executioner....he isnt. He can charge you with DUI even if you are under .08, but he will have to testify in court and you will have an opportunity to plead your case. .08 and over is simply the point at which you are considered legally intoxicated whether you pass a sobriety test or not and the testimony of the cop is no longer needed. The real issue here is the repeat offenders. They are the ones getting in the accidents, and they aren't blowing .08 or .10 they are blowing .25 or higher. A lot of them havent had a valid license in years and never will; its cheaper and easier for them to just spend $500 on a beater car and drive it until they get pulled over (again) and the car gets impounded (again) and they get cited and released (again). Folks like these need some real jail time or they just keep on driving whether they have a license or not. [/QUOTE]
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