"How to Endure the License Disqualification Period" Complaints
Netizens More Outraged Than Supportive... "No Conscience or Integrity?"
Amid rising anger over recent repeated drunk driving accidents and lenient punishments, a habitual drunk driver posted a complaint saying, "My head is in a mess thinking about spending the 2-year license disqualification period without a car," only to face fierce criticism from netizens.
On a popular online community, a post titled "A post from a drunk driver on a drunk driving relief cafe" was uploaded on the 10th.
The author first posted on the 5th in a cafe where people who have been criminally and administratively punished for drunk driving gather.
The author introduced himself as having been caught for drunk driving three times and said, "I always live as a sinner because of my own wrong actions. This is the only place I can complain."
He wrote, "From today, the 2-year (license) disqualification period begins. How should I endure it for 2 years? Life is hard without a license, so today is a really confusing day."
He continued, "Every year in spring, summer, fall, and winter, I always owned a caravan or bus camper, enjoyed camping, and drove a Harley motorcycle," adding, "Now that I can't do that, my wife is so upset that she tells me to get out of the house."
The author wrote, "Everyone, stay strong, think of it as experience, and let's overcome it well."
However, netizens expressed anger rather than comfort after reading this post. There was also controversy over the recent court ruling that sentenced a defendant to the statutory minimum of 3 years in prison for the third drunk driving offense that caused a pedestrian's death.
Netizens said, "No conscience and no sense," "Even a lifetime of atonement is not enough, yet he is complaining about his fate," and "Be grateful for a lifetime that you did not harm other families while you were out for the third strike."
The author also shared methods in this cafe for habitual drunk drivers to receive favorable rulings in administrative trials.
162,000 'Habitual Drunk Drivers' Caught Twice or More in 3 Years
Meanwhile, according to data submitted by the National Police Agency to Kim Hoe-jae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, last year, the number of people caught for habitual drunk driving twice or more over three years from 2019 reached 162,102.
Among them, 74% (119,213 people) were caught again for drunk driving within 10 years after being caught. Those who drove again under the influence within one year accounted for 18% (29,192 people).
Also, one in five drunk drivers was found to have committed drunk driving three or more times. The total number of drunk driving cases caught during the three-year investigation period was 364,203. Among them, 74,913 people were caught for drunk driving three or more times, accounting for 20.5% of the total.
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