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Police believe B.C. man's 21 drunk driving convictions most in Canadian history
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This may be my naive opinion, but more than two counts of drunk driving or any counts of driving (e: drunk) with a suspended license should put someone beneath the minimum qualifications for being able to have a license at all, ever.
You need a license to drive only if you get caught.
Over here people get their license suspended for 10 years and still get caught drunk driving without a license, unless they're put in jail what are we to do?
I think one place to start would be with ownership.
Make it illegal to sell a vehicle to someone without a valid license.
Make it impossible for someone with a second conviction to be the registered owner of a vehicle for 5 years. Lifetime for third conviction.
There are already ways to charge registered owners for the infractions of those they allow to drive their vehicle. A few tweaks should be enough to make it virtually impossible for a repeat offender to gain access to a vehicle.
But some essential vehicles are owned to drive off public roads only (farm trucks for example), not much stopping a farmer from just taking theirs and driving to the bar in the closest village... Or their tractor or ATV...
Yes, I wondered how to express that. I settled on "registered". Where I live, the vast majority of on farm vehicles that can be are formally registered for use on public roads and streets and must display appropriate plates or permits. The vast majority of the rest are some combination of expensive to operate, slow moving, or not permitted to park in town.
As with all edge cases, some are worth dealing with and others can just be left as cracks in the system, at least until we see how things play out.