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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
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Subject: Re: Re: DWI Crackdowns
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 10:31:47 EDT
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> In article <378@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
> 
> >Why not just pull the license of a DWI?  Because judges and juries are
> >reluctant to prevent someone from being able to get to work; if they
> >have a motorcycle license, they have no excuse.
> 
> Bah. There is a clear solution to people who don't do as they should
> with the responsibility of a PRIVLEGE (driving a car): Credit
> Companies have figured it out. Why can't DMV ??
> 
> Q. What happens when you break the rules of credit ?
> A. You lose it by losing your card.
> 
> Q. What happens when you break ther rules of the road ?
> A. You lose it by losing your license... (sort of...)
> 
> 	catch : I don't need a license to drive. All I need is
> 		keys and a car. DMV should take away the car.
> 
> 	Ever see someone get his card taken away only to go
> 	out and charge more...?
> 
> ------------
> Jordan Hayes        jordan@ucb-vax.BERKELEY.EDU
> UC Berkeley                       ucbvax!jordan
> +1 (415) 835-8767    37' 52.29" N 122' 15.41" W

What you seem to have forgotten in your ranting is that while a credit card
may belong to you, all it is a $0.05 of plastic that gives you the RIGHT
to charge purchases to the credit company which issued it.  Thus, when they
take it away, the primary thing that they are taking away is that right and
not the plastic.  On the other hand, confiscation of a vehicle for DWI
entails taking away the actual vehicle.  This vehicle belongs to someone,
and is very concrete, where the "right" to charge things is much less
substantial.

-eli
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