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Alereon posted:Also, is there any research on why people drive drunk? I mean obviously some are addicts who can't control themselves or are simply drunk 24/7, but it seems like most drunk drivers are just assholes who don't give a poo poo about the risk of killing or maiming innocent people (and alcohol enhances poor decision-making). Alcoholics aren't going to respond to harsh punishments, but that latter group is if they think it might happen to them. No. Most drunk drivers are people who are in one place and need to be in a different place that is some significant distance away. They didn't get liquored up so they can have the chance to run over some old ladies for fun. They just need to be somewhere else and they also took too much of a drug that makes it hard to make rational decisions. This kind of bullshit thinking is why we don't have any effective methods at stopping drunk driving in most of the country. You want to assign some kind of forethought to the act, like a drunk driver, prior to his night out would stop and consider "You know what, I might have to rethink my night of careening down the street without a care in the world because I heard they're taking licenses away". No they're not, they're going to pop on out to the bar for a beer or two, nothing to worry about. Some of them end up having more than two, because again, those things make it hard to make rational decisions. By the end of the night it wouldn't matter if a DUI was a capital offense. In a drunk mind it's an easy money gamble because you're a great driver and what are the chances you'll even be pulled over. You haven't seen a cop in ages.
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