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Originally Posted by davidmash
Until penalties become so onerous that they will force people to think twice about driving I don't think it will change. I'd like to see the vehicle confiscated, license revoked for at least a year. If you look while drunk I think it should be manslaughter at the very least. Why we give people second and third chances is beyond me.
I'd also like to see a state issued liquor ID. If you don't have one you can't drink. Anyone with a DUI can't drink in public. Host a party and give alcohol to a person with out a valid card and you are liable. In 2016, 10,000 people died in DUI related accidents. Who know how many were injured and how much property was damaged.
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Most things you would like to see exist in multiple Canadian provinces. Getting a dui is so expensive overall most people that drove with a drink or two stopped.
If you suspect you may be drinking a lot. Never take your car with you. In a very intoxicated state it can overcome what your original intent was. That being not to drive home.
Automatic one year suspension and a substantial fine as well. Plus greatly increased insurance costs await those caught here. Of course you car gets towed and impounded usually as well.
It does seem to have really reduced the issue. You get caught a few times and you can be banned for life from driving anywhere in the country.
Caught with no insurance is over a two thousand dollar fine. Your car is going to be towed as well. If an uninsured driver somehow still manages to drive and cause you damage. There is a fund that pays your loss.
Then they really pursue the person for the money. No money no license and collection agencies and the courts attach your wages. So uninsured drivers are a rare here. If you own a house a lien that they will force you to satisfy.
The speeding fines are so large for so little. The cruise control has become almost a constant fixture for me. They will fine you for one or two miles over now.. Is it working yet? Not that well as the practice is fairly new. So when traffic is thin stay at the limits posted.
Of course your auto insurance provider obtains that you where ticketed for speeding. Probably not the information that you were only 2 miles over. Wonderful system.
There is a highway I use occasionally. Speeding fines start very high and max out at 10K and they are well labeled on large signs. Every so many miles.