hosking@convexs.UUCP (07/29/85)
> 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 {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs}!convex!hosking
ayers@convexs.UUCP (08/01/85)
> 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. 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 {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs}!convex!hosking /* End of text--------------------------------- */ As is not unusual, a point has been missed. No one stated (or asked) anything about your feelings, my feelings, or even "common sense" (whatever that is) -- the statement was and is true: "judges and juries are reluctant to prevent someone from being able to get to work" and perceive yanking a DL as just that. Sorry... blues, II (This is reality, Greg)
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (08/06/85)
> > > > 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. > > 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. > In the District of Columbia they can flag you as only being allowed to drive to/from work so that if they stop you in any other case, they can nail you. They can do this even if you do not have a DC driver's license. -Ron
ayers@convexs.UUCP (08/08/85)
/* Written 5:54 pm Aug 5, 1985 by ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron in convexs:net.legal */ In the District of Columbia they can flag you as only being allowed to drive to/from work so that if they stop you in any other case, they can nail you. /* End of text from convexs:net.legal */ They do that in Texas, as well -- however they've discovered that it's real hard to "prove" you WEREN'T going to or from your job... Well, that's one mystery less... blues, II