More than 20 years ago, I heard a lawyer telling TV viewers the same story about the unfair rap that impaired drivers get. In those days, they were getting off even more.
Today, this bunk about their rights being taken away is pure baloney. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms cost Canadians billions of dollars because we have so many who abuse this Trudeau document.
Too bad if your car is impounded. Tell me why you made the choice to drink and drive. So you have to pay a fine to get your car out of the impound – why did you drink and drive?
If we live in tough times, how can you afford it?
Why do so many people have to die every year because stupid drivers don’t care?
I say make the penalties tougher and tougher. Then maybe someone’s child can grow up into adulthood. I have worked for and supported Mothers Against Drunk Drivers for more than 30 years.
It’s time drunk drivers pay big time. Give the police the power to save lives. You have no rights if you decide to drink and drive.
Eileen Nattrass
Saanichton