there is honestly not enough enforcement of the DUI laws. i had a coworker of mine get a DUI years ago. between the 2-3 months it took him to finally get to court for his case, he drove around on a susp. license. then when it was susp. for a year (1st offense), he still drove to work. he actually got a hardship license for work (even tho he only lived about 2 miles and could have bought a bike), but ended up driving everywhere (even worse, is he drove a "look at me" yellow xterra, very few of those around).

he eventually got the ignition/key breather mechanism on it but by then he had his license back.

DUI 1st offense should be to impound the car, or have it sold off. take that money, buy them a bike with a basket on the front, use the car money to pay for their court costs and such, and they are not allowed to drive for that 1 year, nor are they allowed to buy a car or register one. this way, they also save some money on gas and insurance which can be saved up for later (because yes people do make mistakes and get DUIs the first time), and they get some exercise on their new bicycle or have to deal with getting rides. they will actually LEARN their lesson. fuck hardship licenses. getting up early to catch the bus is just more incentive to 'learn your lesson'.

2nd offense DUIs shouldn't even happen to be honest. those should be long jail time, and no driving....for 5 years or maybe just go with the revoke thing. no 3 strikes, one chance to learn your lesson, or no more driving...ever. but then again our jails are overcrowded and our justice system is slow and lenient, so i guess we'll just have to be aware of our surroundings and hope to try not to get taken out by these people.