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Chainfire

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3. It makes you wonder how many of the lawmakers (or family members) have a dui conviction.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Thu May 27, 2021, 09:16 AM

May 2021

Far more than ten times. People can drive drunk on a regular basis for years without being caught. Raising the limit for blood alcohol is allowing people to drive "a little drunk."

The law should send the message, "Get caught driving drunk and you are going to fuck up your life." It is a great deterrent. Getting a "Get out of jail card" for a single instance of DUI is an invitation.

It is a bad idea.

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Plan to allow expungement of first-time drunken driving convictions advances in Michigan legislature [View all] TexasTowelie May 2021 OP

They are covering all their drunken colleagues, fellow Repubes. And you know that... CurtEastPoint May 2021 #1

It makes you wonder how many of the lawmakers (or family members) have a dui conviction. Chainfire May 2021 #3

It's a self-serving, thoughtless, damaging idea. IOW, A Repube Idea! CurtEastPoint May 2021 #4

Where is MADD in all this? EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #2

Thanks for the reminder. I just contacted them: CurtEastPoint May 2021 #5

People need to be responsible for their poor decisions and not be given a pass MichMan May 2021 #6