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Is drunk driving without running anyone over that particular night victimless? I agree with your sentiment generally, but I think the details get tricky.
by sopooneo 5y ago
Is drunk driving without running anyone over that particular night victimless? I agree with your sentiment generally, but I think the details get tricky.
- tyleo 5y agoI feel like potential to put others at risk would void protection under the amendment. I don’t think it would have to be 100% perfect, just better than we are doing now while avoiding false positives. Anyways, I feel like we have courts to interpret these things. The existing amendments are interpreted in a variety of convoluted ways depending on the scenario.
- giantg2 5y agoWell, what defines that potential risk? They can already charge you with crimes for endangering yourself. It's mostly stuff like drunk in public, excessive speeding with moby else around or in the car, or doing donuts alone in a snowy parking lot. If we leave it up to the courts, it's not worth the paper its written on.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoYes. So just fine the person and make them do community service. Which is usually what the courts do for DUI without a victim assuming the accused lawyers up.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoyes, just like shooting a gun out your window because you felt like it and not hitting anything is victimless but probably good to discourage anyway.
- _fat_santa 5y agoI think the exemption should be where the crime, even though victimless, has a high chance of causing someone harm. Drunk driving would fall into that category. However something like illicit drug consumption would not.
- cies 5y agoAlso there's "crime vs offense". First few times drunk driving could be an offense for instance. Same for other annoyance or statistical offenses/crimes.