New law in Texas will make drunk drivers who murdered parent or guardian to pay child support until the child is 18 years old.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t disagree with drivers paying damages, but I see laws like this as whack-a-mole with symptoms of the problem of car dependency. Bars and restaurants serving alcohol with car dependent design is just a bad idea. No amount of laws is going to prevent drunk drivers from killing people as long as they remain the only way to get to or from places people consume alcohol.

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        1 year ago

        Bike infrastructure needs physical separation. Bollards separating lanes at minimum. The average Joe would be financially WAY better off just renting trucks when they need one.

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      1 year ago

      Liquor licenses should not be granted to establishments without public transit during business hours.

      The American idea of DRIVING TO THE BAR, many of which have parking lots, is completely an utterly unacceptable.

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    It is supposedly a personal moral failing every time someone drives too old, too tired, or too impaired, but if trains, busses, & walking were the default ways to get around then this chronic societal problem would diminish dramatically. For the vast majority of US citizens busses, trains, walking, biking, etc are not viable options because US infrastructure & city planning overwhelmingly neglects everything but the automobile.

    Incompetent driving is rooted in systemic failures, not personal moral ones.

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    1 year ago

    Given the finances of drunk drivers with records, this is akin to a death penalty or an induction into slavery. I can’t say they don’t deserve it.

  • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    This is probably good justice, but idk if it’s going to reduce drunk driving.

    It’s crazy to me that in America drunk driving (with no victims) isn’t a felony on its own. In Canada it’s their version of a felony and generally a way bigger deal. In America you seem to only have consequences when someone’s hurt.

    Crazy that MADD was able to lobby to get all states to have 21 as the legal drinking age but not able to lobby to make drunk driving a felony because it’s too ingrained into America since people like going to bars but don’t wanna pay for cabs and have no other transit options.