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From: hosking@convexs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns;Motorcycle sente
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Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 19:26:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 28 19:26:00 1985
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Nf-From: convexs.UUCP!hosking    Jul 28 18:26:00 1985


> 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.

Let's try that one more time....  S L O W L Y.   There's nothing that
REQUIRES you to have a car OR a motorcycle to get to work.   It isn't
always easy to do.  It isn't always fun,  but it  CAN be  done.  I've
done more than my share of it, involuntarily, in both Texas and Mass.
If physically disabled or poor people can get to work  without a car,
why should the DWIs get any special treatment ?  

I know what it's like to have family  members hurt  by drunk drivers.
I'm not about to buy some lame excuse that the poor  bastard won't be
able to get to  work.   Let 'em  walk or  take public transportation.
They should have thought of the  potential problems  of driving while
intoxicated BEFORE they got behind the wheel.  

			Doug Hosking
			Convex Computer Corp.
			Richardson, TX
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