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Agreed. A drunk driver proved that he/she is a danger who takes no responsibility. Permanent revoked driver's licence is the solution here.
Along with heavy child support should they kill someone's parents/guardian.
A lot of people with revoked/cancelled/suspended licenses still drive. We don't have a good mechanism to actually keep someone from driving.
The cops used to run plates and take action when the registered owner had one if those statuses and the driver had a vague appearance to the owner. In most places they're not allowed to do that anymore.
I think, perhaps, this isn't a problem the police can solve in America.
The justice system (IMHO. my opinion is not worth much) should focus on rehabilitation and restitution to the victim. It's probably impossible to live in parts of Texas without a license, due to lack of alternative transportation.
I don't feel bad for people who have DUI/DWIs, but I do think you should be able to recover from a mistake like that. Driving without a license can feel like a necessity, because having a car in America can feel like a necessity. Having no (or very few) opportunities makes mistakes unrecoverable.
I'm not saying these people deserve to be able to drive, it's just, revoking their license doesn't do anything and it's obvious why.
I used to watch a YouTube motovlogger. He advocated after someone got a DUI they can only get a motorcycle license. His logic was they'd only kill themselves. I could get behind that.
That's not necessarily true. Pedestrians are definitely a thing. And people would still drive illegally without a license to have passengers, children with them, groceries, larger items, ect. On top of that, being a motorcyclist is more dangerous and one could argue that it's a cruel and unusual punishment to increase the danger selectively for certain people.