Jeßus wrote:

> I noticed recently that roadside blood tests are now law in Texas...
> nice!

In italy it's like that since 2002, and the fines, LOL... If you blood
alcohol index is over 1.5, or you show to be positive to any drug (including
a joint 5 days before, as happened to a friend) here's what you get:
- you undergo a trial and your record gets marked for life
- a 4000 to 1000 euros fine
- 1 year withous driviing license
- your car gets towed away from you and auctioned
- if you want your driving licens back you must undergo exams*

Do it a second time and here's the drill:
- you undergo a trial and your record gets marked for life
- a 10000 to 30000 euros fine
- 2 years withous driviing license
- your car gets towed away from you and auctioned
- if you want your driving licens back you must undergo exams*

* Exams: blood for alcool and urine for drugs, passing the first exam allows
one to drive for 3 months then one needs another exam. Passing the second
exam allows one to drive for 6 months, then next exam. Third one gets you 9
months and 4th gives you one year, then everytime they give you one more
year until the point they give you your license with a validity of five
years: after that, one's finally done with the drill.
Total time
3+6+9 months
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
Tot 11 1/2 years
BTW everytime one makes the exams, the average expense is around 200 euros,
so let's factor them in: 200*7 = 1400 euros to add to the figures up there.

Nonsense, if you ask me: the right way is more controls, not heavier fines.
And this is demnostrated by the fact that always more people, when they see
an alcol test point, try to escape, often causing much damage in that. And
corruption in the LEO's, also: eberybody knows that higher fines bring
higher corruption for a number of reasons.
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"Un pasto senza vino e' come un giorno senza sole"
Anthelme Brillat Savarin