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From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones)
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Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns;Motorcycle sentences
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 13:28:39 EDT
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> Todd, I would suggest the simplest solution of all to
> the DWI problem is:
> 
> 1. Require those convicted of DWI to drive motorcycles for a year or
>    two, instead of cars.  This has several positive effects.
>       
> 2. Second conviction for DWI gets you a motorcycle license for life.
> 
> 3. Driving a car while restricted to motorcycles because of DWI would
>    get you prison time, since you clearly can't be trusted around the
>    rest of us.
> 
> 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.

Well, this idea has some appeal, but it won't work in harsh climates
(ever tried to ride a motorcycle in Buffalo NY in February?). Another
point is that motorcycles are more difficult to drive than cars, so
you are going to have more accidents that will arguably affect more
non-DWI convicts. I suppose it doesn't matter that some people would
have a hard time affording them (I admit, my solution imposes a cost
burden on the DWI convict as well) and motorcycle purists would be up
in arms that their chosen mode of transportation would be associated
with undesirables (BFD, right?).

The problem is, few people can function in America without the use
of a car. I bicycle commute during the warm months but I have little
choice but to burn the petrol in winter. My solution? I get polluted
at home. 

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