re your opinion and what it means to me in article apr rtsg mot com svoboda rtsg mot com david svoboda writes in article news duke edu infante acpub duke edu andrew infante writes well as a few of you so aptly put it get off the road jerk we don t wanna hear your whining fine fuck off too if you noticed it was in more than two years ago and yes i ve learned and it s cost me and yes i ve known people friends and relatives who ve been involved in drunk related accidents not them they were hit and my cousin is still recovering no i can t take back what happened yes it was stupid but by reminding me about it all the time you re neither helping me or yourself so stuff your opinion hey man you brought it up i agree completely driving drunk is really stupid and i understand and appreciate that you feel bad about it but dwi is endemic in our society it is a real problem and we as motorcyclists can be in the worst of vulnerable positions around a drunk driver alert readers might remember that last year i witnessed a dwi accident right bloody in front of me and was unable to save the life of one of the participants as i reported here also drunk driving by motorcyclists is a prime cause of their injury and death which raises the insurance rates forces stupidly restrictive laws and turns the public against those of us who ride responsibly in my view drunk driving should carry a mandatory prison sentence it is one of the traffic offenses which is not a public funds issue but a genuine safety issue so if you bring up the subject on rec moto admitting having been caught dwi and looking for sympathy over the consequences don t expect people to respond with warm wishes dave svoboda svoboda void rtsg mot com i m getting tired of you and the beav should lighten up esp the beav i agree that dui dwi is serious we should have reasonable laws strict enforcement and tough sentences but andrew did not post looking for sympathy over the consequences he posted asking for advice because he had an extremely high quote his post was obviously valid because he later found insurance for less he noted why he was in his predicament but did not defend in any way drunk driving and has renounced drunk driving there are too many repeat offenders to worry about and other bdc why try to make this person who is no longer part of the problem an outcast he has paid his debt to society step off the high horse we have all been irresponsible in the past with that said i m guilty of the same type of hostility towards rapists i think it comes because i feel the punishment is not severe enough the same may be true of dwi dui if that is the case then it is our stinkin gubment we need to change if we had a reasonable law about dwi dui with a stiff penalty then fewer people would do it at any rate andrew as paid his debt as defined by the law if you think that debt is actually greater than the law mandates tell your representatives jack waters ii dod i don t fear the thief in the night its the one that comes in the afternoon when i m still asleep that i worry about
