Other countries have different drunk driving laws than the United States. Some are more lenient and some are harsher.
We all know drinking and driving is a dangerous combination. Driving under the influence is a cardinal sin of the road. We’ve listened to the warnings, we’ve read the statistics, and we’ve watched the After-School specials. We know it’s a bad thing to do and yet, some of us do it anyway.…
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26 - Kyle Ahlers
how are you credible?
27 - Don
well why don't you retards go to the UK and drink and drive and find out the hard way duh
28 - bubba sparx
shut the fuck up all of yaz
29 - Snow
Mobb Deep. This articles is about drunk driving. It makes sense that the comment section should have people talking about the punishments of drunk driving.
30 - haley
i dont think the laws are that bad. if you can afford to buy a beer why can't you afford a taxi home. its just making the roads safer.
31 - Ty
What were her sources on this? I can personally verify the that they don't drive you out of town and make you walk back in Turkey.
32 - Drink driver
I was caught in South Africa for drink driving....the fine was $30.That was it!
Sounds like just another dumb yank who's been fed dis-information and sucked it up.Open your eye's,there's a real world outside Disney.
33 - Tis True
I learned all of these in Driver's Ed, so if you don't believe them, go to that country and test it out for yourself.
34 - Jan
Wow, the level of ignorance in America is always astonishing. "Oh, I heard it in my drivers ed class, so it must be true."
Has it ever crossed your mind that your underpayed, low-qualified drivers ed teacher may not be an expert of foreign laws? But hey, don't trust people who are actually from the respective countries, I would definately rely on the unquestionable knowledge of Bubba at the local driving school.
35 - carl
j jordan needs to write these kinds of blogs since she is not popular and it hurts her. she wants fame so much that she is trying so hard. she doesnt understand that this blog just made her look stupid and ignorant as a journalist.
36 - fsdf
You forgot about the fines in Norway. If you are driving when drunk.. you will get a fine that is 1/12 of your yearly income.
If you make 12 million dollars a year.. you will have to pay 1 million. And maybe do some time in prison (not a normal prison).
It is supposed to sting.. no matter how rich you are. Something for California to learn from? They could make a lot of money on the entertainers . . .
37 - Me
It is true I learned it in a drunk driving inpatient treatment I had to take I doubt they use it these days but back then.
38 - ang
i DID read the damn article up to the name of Bulgaria. check up your information before writing s*** about places you've only heard of.
39 - fsdfsadfasd
OK.. errors..
There are no death penalty for DUI in Bulgaria and el salvador..
the prison sentences in other countries are also wrong in many cases.
oh yeah.. fines. . if you drive when drunk in Norway the fine will be at least 1/10 of all the money you make in a year. If you make 100 million a year - your fine will be 10 million.
Got to sting for everybody.
40 - JanFan
Finland and sweden does not sentence drunk drivers automaticly to 1 year inprisoment and hard labour!
The stupid fact is they let the drunk driver go after fining him/her and taking away the licence. Wont even have to spend the night in jail.
So many times those stupid drunk drivers go drunk drive again same night coz they dont want to leave their cars where they where left.
The common sentence for a first time offence of severe drunkriving is taking away the licence somwhere between 6-12 months and some 300-1000 euro fine (depending on income)
I wonder if any of the facts in the article are true ??
41 - ddk
Some of you shouldn't drink and write.
42 - thomas conead
we should be able to drink at 18 if we want
43 - Sophie
So bogus...
Really???!!!
"Unfortunately, those who drink and drive often go unpunished. They simply don’t get pulled over or noticed by law enforcement. Those who do get pulled over, who cause an accident, or who are involved in any kind of automobile incident, often get noticed - in handcuffs."
44 - iowarail
My wife is from El Salvador, and she says that the death penalty for DUI is not true, all though during the civil war just about anything could get you killed.
45 - dawa
this article is unscholarly