Originally Posted by Helmet Head
Buying even one Lottery ticket is irrational. Regulary buying Lottery tickets, spending a significant portion one's income to do so, is stupid. People who do this obviously are not in the habit of acting rationally and intelligentally.
Concur.
Originally Posted by Helmet Head
And that's when they're sober. Expecting such a person do act rationally when they're drunk (realizing that they're better off calling for help after a collision than trying to get away with it by running), is irrational in and of itself.
Is that clear?
Yes, but is a too-lenient penalty really going to make that person more likely to do the right thing following a collision, or is he/she going to panic and run, no matter what? I am trying to PREVENT drunk driving, and I still think the prospect of hard time and serious financial personal hardship is a reasonable and fair deterrent, given the horrnedous impact on the victims' lives.
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