Stiffer penalties to deter drunk driving

[mark_15]

yomiuri Drunk drivers causing accidents resulting in injury or death will face stiffer sentences after a revision to the Penal Code was approved and passed unanimously at a House of Representatives plenary session Thursday afternoon. The revision, which will be enforced 20 days after its official announcement, will carry a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, longer than the five years for the offense of professional negligence causing death or injury. It also will be applied to two-wheeled vehicles, such as motorcycles. Read more... (http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070518TDY03005.htm )

[summergirl]

Dapat lang ang gagawin nila dahil kawawa naman ang nadadamay sa mga umiinom na nag-da drive..pati walang malay nadadamay..

[mOtt_erU]

ok yan ng mabawas~bawasan at magising ang diwa ng mga pasaway at iresponsableng umiinOm tas mag~d~drive..... sabi nga ni summergirl kawawa yung mga inosenteng nadadamay.....

[marivic]

Dapat lang talagang maging stiffer pa ang penalties sa nagda-drive na nakainom. Kahit sinong driver,ayaw makadisgrasya. Pag nakainom,nawawala sa kontrol at mas lumalaki ang chances na makadisgrasya. Maraming buhay ang nasisira dahil dito.