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He believes that drunk driving is a victimless crime.
In and of itself, it IS a victimless 'crime' as there is no victim of any harm.
No.
Answer me this: Do you believe a person should be allowed to drive as drunk as they wish and should only be punished if they kill, injure or damage property?
Yes. With real penalties applied for causing significant damage/injury, it would be effective. The primary area of ineffectiveness is that it would remove a major source of activity and revenue from the system for prosecuting 'crimes' in which no one was harmed and no property was damaged.
As a child, there were plenty of times I did what I should from awareness that getting my seat warmed up was not pleasant rather than my parents tying my hands behind my back making me unable to use them for mischief. The same basic principle applies here. If we want to follow the path of denying the opportunity to cause harm, then we should be all about gun control and forced castration of all males in order to prevent rape.