Ainge DUI

[Vol8188]

One thing I didn't see mentioned here: if you have a DUI on your record, it's a lot worse than fines, X hours in jail, DUI school, and a year of ignition interlock (which you pay for): good luck in getting a new job. If you acknowledge conviction for a DUI on a job app, you won't even get an interview. Think about that when deciding whether or not to fight.

I don't hold with drunk driving at all, but lets think about the consequences of continually dropping the permissible BAL. Don't we have enough unemployment and underemployment?

Clearly you have a very low understanding of economics. When employment is low, it means there are a lot of people who need jobs.

When someone loses a job because of a DUI,the job fairy does not magically erase that job. The company simply replaces them with the best candidate from the large pool of unemployed workers.

 

[VolNExile]

Clearly you have a very low understanding of economics. When employment is low, it means there are a lot of people who need jobs.

When someone loses a job because of a DUI,the job fairy does not magically erase that job. The company simply replaces them with the best candidate from the large pool of unemployed workers.

Clearly you have poor critical reading skills.

I never mentioned or implied people who lost their jobs as the result of getting a DUI.

I was writing about people applying for jobs. That would include those who were trying to get better jobs and those who were not employed when they got the DUI (think: students.)

If there are increased DUI conviction rates, where not all were truly impaired, then we are increasing the chances of unemployment and underemployment for those who have been convicted. Since DUI can mean anything from someone who had two beers to a knee-crawling drunk, without any gradations, I think that we're heading into the land of judicial overkill.