Any thoughts on this?

Sharon

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New License Plate for Drunk Driving Offenders

Drunk driving offenders will soon have a hard time keeping their past a secret under a new law next year, because they'll have a special license plate on their cars. Julie Hinds with the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles describes the new plate saying, "It's bright yellow and red numbers. It's very hard to miss."

The new plates will be issued to all drunk driving offenders in the state of Ohio, whether it's their first offense or their fifth. And, the plates will go on any vehicle that person drives...a personal car, a car used for work, or a car their spouse drives. That's something that attorney Dennis Evans says may go too far. "I can't imagine too many spouses who would want to drop the children off at school in a car with red and yellow plates."

And, Evans says the effects of this new law will be enormous, leading to fewer guilty pleas and more offenders fighting the charge. He adds, "Their neighbors who live down the street from them, who see them drive their car through the neighborhood, will now realize they are a convicted drunk driver."

Even the bill's sponsor, Representative Scott Oelslager, a Canton Republican, says he believes these plates are very strict for first time offenders. He's introduced a "clean-up" bill which would limit the plates only to second time offenders or worse.
 

Ken King

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You would think that instead of just pointing them out they would get them off the streets. Multiple offenders should lose the ability to legally drive and if caught drunk without a license give them some serious jail time.
 

Dymphna

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Lemme get this straight. When convicted of drunk driving, rather than take away a person's permission to drive at all, lets give them a fancy new license plate. :rolleyes:

Ok, assuming they DID get their license pulled and it was eventually returned to them, I think it's a better idea to make the license some neon, glow in the dark colors. It's too easy to borrow a vehicle or put it in someone else's name and not fair to the spouse or teenage children to make them drive such a vehicle.
 

tlatchaw

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Sort of reminds me of "The Scarlet Letter." I agree with cmcdanal, others probably drive that car too and it's not fair to them. It may work in favor of the new plates, though because there would be additional family pressure to clean up their act. Or maybe as a deterrent to drive drunk because you don't want your teenaged daughter to have to drive around with those plates.

Would could always just brand the person like in the old days with pirates. That could be adapted to almost any offense! :biggrin:
 
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Kizzy

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They already have a restriction code for driver's permits. I agree with CMC. It isn't fair to the others who drive the car.
 
Originally posted by IM4Change
They already have a restriction code for driver's permits. I agree with CMC. It isn't fair to the others who drive the car.

:yeahthat: Plus how could they do it on work or government vehicles that are used by various other employees :confused:

Maybe the Ohio state prisoners are running out of work?Somebody's pockets are gonna be jingling for sure.
 
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