Current jail sentences for drunk drivers

In Costa Rica, the new law is seen to be taken as a joke for the drunk drivers. Actually, it is one of the biggest causes of death in our country. The current law is taken down by many reasons, and one of this is the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the number of accidents is raising and the families that looses their still growing up, the drivers who irresponsible drink and drive, are still outside enjoying this big mistake.
By the beginning of this year, the transit law took one step ahead. It seen to be “the beginning of the end,” of what is one of the biggest problems in our country. Unfortunately, drunk drivers need more than a stricter law to change their attitude. When the first drunk driver case when to court in Jan 22, 2010, for the new law has a short victory; even thought, few days later the victim was running free on the street. By the middle of this year, the number of accidents still being the same compare to the last year. Once again the law was not enough reason for the drunk drivers to stop their behavior behind the wheels. What supposed to rule the street is being dismissed by those who supposed to follow it.
With the first case in Jan 22, every turned upside down when the defendant send the case to the Supreme Court. The game started again between the Supreme Court and the “Sala cuarta”. This never-ending game is taken down the law, giving the opportunity to the law’s broker to play with the law. It really difficult to understands what laws are against? and what laws are made in favor of the criminals?. Everything looks like the law depends on the meaning that the judge gives it, and from where you are coming, so if you have relatives in the government, you are saving by their shields.
Every time there is a drunk driver on the streets, there is not just their live in danger. Every year many innocent lives are taken, and complete families are destroyed thanks to those irresponsible drivers. We can remember how this year, a U.C.R student was killed on a Saturday morning by a teenager who did not have a legal age to drive and by the way he was driving under the alcohol effects. Is it the problem of the law or is it the society? More than a simple live in dangerous, it could be my live next that would be in the middle of a drunk drivers way.
There is nothing in having a beautiful country, full of peace and freedom, if we are not safe. Our country needs to be educated, and our system needs to be more effective against those who broke the law. A drunk driver in the street is similar to a fired gun in the darkness, and the next victim could be me, could be you.
Bibliography:

http://white-collar-crime.lawyers.com/Jail-Sentences-Get-Harsher-for-White-Collar-Crime.html retrieved on November 13, 2010



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