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1. Drunk driving laws are just not hard enough!!

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 12:44 AM

Feb 2014

First drunk driving penalty...15 years no drivers license..No exceptions.$25,000 fine...If you’re 21 I think you would think twice before driving with alcohol..Make the punishment this extreme, it’s the only thing which would work..

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Wrong-way driver was going more than 100 mph, witnesses say [View all] alp227 Feb 2014 OP

Drunk driving laws are just not hard enough!! busterbrown Feb 2014 #1

They just get plastered and drive without the license Warpy Feb 2014 #7

I was at my favorite bar not too long ago. Initech Feb 2014 #8

I think they're pretty harsh, myself ... brett_jv Feb 2014 #30

The laws are harsh in theory Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #33

It depends on jurisdiction. cab67 Feb 2014 #37

if this woman gets 10 yrs., that's a slap on the wrist wordpix Feb 2014 #45

I don�t think there is much of a comparison between those driving under the influence and those just busterbrown Feb 2014 #46

Depends on 'how drunk' and 'how fast' we're talking about ... brett_jv Feb 2014 #55

License suspensions simply don't work. 1st offense mandatory jailtimes and confiscation does. Xithras Feb 2014 #38

Problem is that when you're really drunk you don't care about the consequences. Kablooie Feb 2014 #44

I wonder what her passengers were saying to her? Scairp Feb 2014 #51

Never spend ccsar Feb 2014 #2

That happened to my brother when he was eighteen. murielm99 Feb 2014 #3

Yep, that's my post-midnight rule. MissB Feb 2014 #29

There were three people in her car and nobody noticed she was going the wrong way? jsr Feb 2014 #4

It's quite possible they knew and couldn't do anything. Heywood J Feb 2014 #41

Had this happen to me once. Came close. byronius Feb 2014 #5

That's seriously my hometown, I drive on that freeway every day. Initech Feb 2014 #6

The last real lenient DUI that I remember happened in Simi Valley Politicalboi Feb 2014 #9

When I lived in Virginia NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #10

When you drive the wrong way all of those little street reflectors are RED.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #11

Not the only clue, but yep. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #12

I'm wondering if this wasn't a suicide attempt. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #13

Always a possibility. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #14

Some people have ZERO empathy. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #15

........... trusty elf Feb 2014 #23

What's with the palindrome sign on the left? kentauros Feb 2014 #26

sheer nonsense trusty elf Feb 2014 #27

Proof again that most Tea Party types didn't follow politics,... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #32

In my experience after attending to people in a large number of wrecks, no. Just lousy drunks. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #16

That was my first thought. Not because of the wrong way, but because of the speed. silvershadow Feb 2014 #17

You probably had something going for you - cab67 Feb 2014 #24

"Who goes that fast when drunk?" Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #34

I once drove behind a drunk on Route 3 in Kingston, MA. Heywood J Feb 2014 #43

With Her Sister & Someone Else In Vehicle? SoCalMusicLover Feb 2014 #54

There's been off and on a rash of people driving the wrong way in Dallas. tammywammy Feb 2014 #49

I know someone who hit a parked steam roller with a Camero at high speed. It moved it 6". Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #50

Will she use the new "afluence excuse" to avoid the penalty of murder? Hulk Feb 2014 #18

this also happened in Tampa FL....very sad steve2470 Feb 2014 #19

any chance she will get life in prison ? JI7 Feb 2014 #20

25-life Scairp Feb 2014 #52

I've never heard of a stoned driver speeding. Scuba Feb 2014 #21

Speed was not the issue - it was going the wrong way. Speed may have made the accident MillennialDem Feb 2014 #31

I wonder if I can avoid being a victim cosmicone Feb 2014 #22

I sure as hell hope that the HappyMe Feb 2014 #25

Alcohol is the Great Killer and Destroyer, sold at your friendly corner store. Fred Sanders Feb 2014 #28

Google can't get those auto-cars out soon enough, as far as I'm concerned. Hosnon Feb 2014 #35

Nothing is idiot-proof...Evolution just forges better idiots and technology is bested... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #48

Victims bpj62 Feb 2014 #36

"Girls"? alp227 Feb 2014 #42

Girls, bpj62 Feb 2014 #47

Similar incident in Florida a few days ago. Chakab Feb 2014 #39

This just happened in Michigan, also. Crepuscular Feb 2014 #40

SOB deserves life in prison BigDemVoter Feb 2014 #53

They charged her with 6 counts of murder Scairp Feb 2014 #56