Penalties for drunk drivers

The Costa Rican culture is very special or particular, but unfortunately not in a good sense. We are distinguished to be lazy, vague, merrymakers, the people who do everything at the last time, the “pura vida” country, but not in a good way. Our compatriots lost the respect to the authority, to the laws, with the citizens and almost with themselves. We can see that situation every time and everywhere as: in the houses, in the streets, in the schools, highschools, universities, and between others, the most controversial place is in the roads. We have many problems with the conduct of the drivers. So, I am going to talk about: The adolescents conduct, the alcoholic problems that involves all ages and the precautions taken “to overcome” that.

It is incredible the conduct of the people in the roads, when they drive a car, especially the adolescents. I don’t know… may be they think that they make an impression in the ladies or I don’t know, but it is very ridiculous! They drive their cars (or their father car) as they stay in a competition racing, many of them didn’t assimilate that everybody have to have a conduct everywhere, but most in the roads. They should to understand that cars are to transport us place to place, not to play because, as we know exist many entertainment places to that.

Another situation that became in a controversial trouble is the drunk drivers. Nowadays, that means a headache to the state and for many people who lost any relative because one of them. It is very sad that many people didn’t think and didn’t take awareness about it. Who didn’t remember almost five cases about some tragedy because of the imprudence of the drunk drivers? I think that all! For me, one of the most astounding cases was when a drunk driver provoke that a lady lost their legs and obviously she can´t walk for the rest of her life! So, I think WHY the people do not care about it? Are they made with a plastic heart? I really don’t know what it is happening with our society!

The government thinks that with only “create” rude penalties this problem would have its finish point, but NOT. We can see that it situation didn’t have end. This is not a trouble about the “punish” because of the conduct, it is a problem because of the culture, of the lost of values, of the disinterest about the life, about all! The people didn’t have conscience, didn’t have soul, didn’t have heart, the people didn’t have feelings! As we have been seen this problem continues even those “rude penalties”. Though, the government does it, this problem will not disappear!

So, the change of that situation is in ourselves. With that, I don’t want to countering importance to the action of the state, of course that it is important. But, so many people didn’t care about pay a lot of money because they were drunk in the roads! These penalties would minimize the situation, but it didn’t can finish with that. And it is really sad for me, that every day we know about many people who dead because of the imprudence of the drivers. We have to take awareness and make an effort to help to change the sad and horrible circumstances of our country.