DUI reforms needed

Enough is ENOUGH!!!! We need DUI reforms and we need them now! A new law here in Colorado aims to make someone's fourth DUI a felony. This means that the first three are only misdemeanors. This is absolutely outrageous and inexcusable. How in any sane and rational world can even one DUI be a mere misdemeanor, let alone the first three?! Every DUI should be a felony. Period!

In fact how anyone is allowed to rack up that many DUI before they are permanently removed not just from the roads but from society is beyond my comprehension. Driving under the the influence is not a "mistake". It's not something that "can happen to anyone". It is a conscious decision made by selfish irresponsible individuals. It is premeditated attempted assault at best and attempted murder at worst. It's time we start treating it as such. Strike one go to jail for year and lose your license for life. Actually cause an accident and injure someone then it's automatically a life sentence. Kill someone and it's the death penalty. Done. Period.

And that should go for texting and driving too. End of story. Give the law real teeth. Make the consequences real for once and then maybe people will stop doing it. And to those who would try to say that it's too harsh, that everyone makes mistakes and that I'd think differently if it was me I say, endangering other people is not making a mistake. It's pure selfishness. Hate me if you want. Flame me and tell me I'm being too extreme. I don't care because I'm right.