When the "deal" is worse than the punishment, its hardly a suprise that folks don't take the deal.
3 days in jail does sound better than a year of harassment.
Read the article, and I'd take jail. The "deal" doesn't sound like much of a deal to me.
All I have to say about drunk driving in Texas.
Since everyone in this country is destined to be put in jail for some reason eventually, you might as well get a little experience.
"Hi, Tex. Ain't seen you for a month. Wha'cha been doin'?"
"Thirty days."
I'm completely sure none of these people are MEXICANS.....!
well, I personally do NOT define drunk driving the same way as the police or the law.
I believe that everyone is different, in body size and tolerence. To give a one size fits all alcohol limit is rediculous.
If someone is driving all over the road and swerving then by all means arrest them, but if someone is driving straight, within the speed limits and is obeying all other road rules then I say LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!
And I don't care what anyone else thinks:)
Whoops! The MADD crew and their cowed legislators have pushed the 'Drivers become ATMs' button too hard and too often. DUI enforcement has become a nice little earner for governments similar to parking meters and like anything else the breakover point has been reached. Granted, DUI suspects aren't exactly a warm and cuddly group worthy of much sympathy but they are like any other individuals making a guns-or-butter choice.
Drinking and driving is wrong.
But the punishment for gettting caught is its own cottage industry.
You get:
Probation, which equals cash payments.
Driving School: cash payments
Substance Abuse counseling: cash payments
Lawyers: cash payments
Insurance hikes: lots o cash.
Drug testing: cash payments
All this would be okay except for one thing. None of it helps people stop driving drund and the people administering the probation/counseling et al. couldn't care less if you ever drove drunk again--they just want their money. It's enough to drive you to drink.