It's a problem in Poland. DUI and reckless drivers are sometimes finally punished with driving ban. Then they are caught again speeding DUI. They get another driving ban, and additional driving ban for breaking the earlier driving ban. Then they are caught speeding again. They get suspended prison sentence. Then they kill other innocent driver, and we read in news how the offender had 5 active driving bans.
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I mean, yeah, in principle this _can_ be prosecuted, but it rarely is. I mean you can run people over by not paying attention and pay a few thousand EUR and get your licence suspended for a month, so…
They started confiscating the cars here in Bulgaria. DUI = no car. I know a lot of people stopped smoking pot because of that. No real results in terms of road safety so far though.
Reminds me of Tomasz Hajto, and The Onion’s piece “Police Say School Shooter Had History Of School Shootings”
Speeding while drunk can easily land you in jail, especially if you do it repeatedly. You’ll permanently lose your license pretty quick too
Norway has a dot/point system where you lose your license for six months if you aquire the maximum amount of 8 points within a 3 year period. Apart from a fine, you get 2 to 3 points for each traffic violation (red light, minor speeding, etc.) you did when you were caught. More severe traffic violations (like e.g. DUI) would at bare minimum give you a hefty fine and lose the right to drive, which entails redoing all the schooling again after the probation ends.
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>how the offender had 5 active driving ban
That would be atleast 100k€ in fines and a Year in Prison. You could pay alot of Taxis from that money.
In Denmark you get a very large fine, your license gets suspended and your car gets confiscated. However I’m not sure about the effectiveness, I think I read that it hasn’t made any significant difference after implementing confiscation as a remedy.
I have a friend who got a DUI for smoking weed (he was not actually high anymore). Now, whenever police see him the number plate gets scanned automatically and they likely will pull him out.
Austria started car confiscations in cases of extreme speeding. If someone drives more than 60 kmh / 70 khm faster than the local limit within or outside a locale the car will be confiscated. If the person is a repeat offender or they drive 10 khm above the aforementioned limits the car will be auctioned off even after the first time.
I think they could expand it for drunk drivers and other repeat offenders too that they have something that hurts on top of the unusal punishment.
Same problem in Norway. Except for prison sentence, there’s really no way to stop someone from driving. Maybe when cars get “smarter” they can be prohibited from letting them drive. Still think they’ll find a way around it.
In Switzerland is one of the most strict: https://www.ch.ch/en/vehicles-and-traffic/how-to-behave-in-road-traffic/traffic-regulations/driving-over-the-speed-limit/
Denmark has started going hard down on reckless driving.
Besides losing your license, and a fine. Said car that was driven will be taken.
This will also make people think twice about who they lend their car to.
Really, no. I mean, the police advertise sometimes when and where they will have speeding cameras. Finland is so sparsely populated outside of major cities that people drive how they like.
Ehm, not really.
Whenever I read something about a terrible accident it’s always along the lines of “this person was already known to the prosecution and had ten previous convictions to his name”.
It is also too easy for someone with a driving ban to obtain a vehicle because you don’t need a driving license to buy, register or insure a vehicle.
The circumstances in which a prison sentence or car forfeiture can be sentenced are also few and far between.
The license with points is technically possible but some governing parties have been blocking its introduction for years.
Apparently if you get caught driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs for the second time in five years your driving license automatically becomes invalid. To regain it you need to do the theory and practice driving test again (which costs like €500 combined).
The punishment for driving under the influence of alcohol ranges from a €300 fine for first time offenders who are only a little bit over the maximum allowance and not showing any dangerous driving behaviours to a 4 week unsuspended prison sentence + 24 months driving ban for repeat offenders who are way over the limit. Even for first time offenders the maximum fine category is €1000 fine plus a 9 month driving ban.
For driving during a driving ban the punishments are €500 fine for the first offense and €600 for the second. After that you get into the “unsuspended prison sentence” category and you go to court so the judge will decide exactly how much it’ll be, generally a few weeks.
If you repeatedly speed a little bit I don’t think the government really cares? But if they catch you exceeding the limit by a lot (>50 km/h or >100% the speed limit) they can already take your license for the first offence at which point you’ll default to the previous paragraph (plus speeding fines)
For reckless driving they have a wide range of punishments they can give you depending on exactly how reckless a judge thinks you were being and what related offences were committed
Drink driving is an automatic immediate ban in Ireland, with varying degrees of severity for a first offence:
– 3 month ban and €200 fine if caught with 50-80 mg BAC
– 6 month ban and €400 fine if caught with 80+ mg BAC
– 3 month ban and €200 fine if a learner, novice (passed test in last 2 years) or professional driver if caught with 20+ mg BAC
This are the minimum penalties. It doesn’t preclude you from getting a criminal conviction for drink driving and jail tile of it’s serious enough.
If you have an alcohol per mille of 2.0 or above, drive 100% above the speed limit, if that is at least 100km/h or if you drive above 200km/h no matter what:
The police may take your car, in addition to any fine, point on your license or revoked, or jail time you might receive.
They might take the car no matter if you’re the owner, borrowing a friends car or are driving a rental car. There’s a story of a Norwegian fellow buying a Lamborghini in Germany, but having it taken away before reaching Norway.
UK drink driving – instant ban with massive fine And possibility of your car getting taken and sold/crushed
In Spain there’s a points system. For every offence you lose points plus get a hefty fine -all depends on the infraction-. If you lose all, depending of how it went, you may have to get your license again or you may get a ban for several years. If you get caught driving after that, depending on the circumstances, you can even get jail time.
In Czech republic you get your license revoked, pay a huge fine and have to go to driving school to TRY and get the license back.
You know in Ireland there was a wanted driver called Prawo Yazdy?
He was wanted for many many hundreds of driving offences and it wasn’t until there was two offences at the same time at different sides of the country that the offender was found out.
Prawo Yazdy. The legend.