Iwrite jan 24 free#
The point is that Minnesota seems to be more concerned with protecting the "rights" of a drinker to drive than the rights of the people the drinker endangers to live lives free from the fear of being killed or maimed by a drunken driver.
Iwrite jan 24 license#
Russia (.02 BAC) takes away the license of a first offender for life. Sweden has the lowest rate of fatal drinking-related traffic accidents in Europe.
Iwrite jan 24 drivers#
In France, arrest for drinking and driving draws a $1,000 fine, imprisonment for one year and loss of license for three years.įinland (.05 Blood Alcohol Content) and Sweden (.02 BAC) imprison drunken drivers for one year with hard labor.
And that won't change until we stop electing spineless legislatures and governors who insist on maintaining a system of laws without appropriate teeth or penalties. I also applaud law enforcement agencies across the state for the 2,577 arrests for driving while intoxicated (DWI) in Minnesota last month.īut the tragic deaths from alcohol-related crashes are not going to stop as long as we continue to have drunken drivers with double-digit DWI arrests on their records.
Iwrite jan 24 series#
I applaud the Star Tribune for its series of articles on the tragic and senseless personal results of drunken driving in Minnesota.
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