DUI license plates

[just.me]

http://www.nbc4.tv/automotive/7332075/detail.html


Anyone else see this? What do you think?

 

[aps45819]

The license plates would contain the letters "DUI" in bold. Taylor said a drunken driver struck him last May, and at the time of the crash, police had no idea that person was a multiple offender.

Gee, if it wasn't on his record that the cops had access to, why would he have been issued a DUI plate? Just another way to tax prople.

 

[Wenchy]

"I don't think the answer is a license plate, I think the answer is certainly more treatment and rehabilitation, which the governor has supported (and) the House Judiciary Committee has supported, tougher penalties for subsequent offenders," said Montgomery County Delegate Luiz Simmons, D-District 17, a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

I think the answer is neither a special plate nor the above suggestion.

If a person is convicted of two DUI's, their licenses should be revoked permanently.

 

[Tina2001aniT]

Gee, if it wasn't on his record that the cops had access to, why would he have been issued a DUI plate? Just another way to tax prople.

I disagree....I give this idea and while there at it, can we personalize the license plates of all sex offenders as well? "perv" will do....

I think that as I am driving down the road with my kiddo, I have a right to know who is likely to be drunk, taking my life and the kiddo's into his/her hand, driving beside me......
Also would be convenient to have the perv's pointed out too......

 

[Toxick]

Anyone else see this? What do you think?

I think that too many people would consider it a badge of pride, and yell "WOOOOO!" while they show it to their friends and brag.

 

[aps45819]

I think that too many people would consider it a badge of pride, and yell "WOOOOO!" while they show it to their friends and brag.

I can see it now. Reserved parking at the Tiki BAr with little DUI signs with a martini glass

 

[willie]

I think the answer is neither a special plate nor the above suggestion.

If a person is convicted of two DUI's, their licenses should be revoked permanently.

After two convictions, walk to work. Walk to the bar. Walk.

 

[StarCat]

I disagree....I give this idea and while there at it, can we personalize the license plates of all sex offenders as well? "perv" will do....

I think that as I am driving down the road with my kiddo, I have a right to know who is likely to be drunk, taking my life and the kiddo's into his/her hand, driving beside me......
Also would be convenient to have the perv's pointed out too......

 

[Geek]

I would love if we could tell who was yakking on the cell phone too. I think this is brilliant. It might prevent people from drinking and driving because they don't want the loser plate. Imagine how many times the car would get keyed.

 

[Pete]

I would love if we could tell who was yakking on the cell phone too. .

Ride a motorcycle down 235 one afternoon. It will amaze you how many.

 

[aps45819]

Ride a motorcycle down 235 one afternoon. It will amaze you how many.

When sitting at a light, sometimes I'll count cell users in the cars passing in front of me. It usually runs about 40-50%
Few things will discourage cell yackin like having a stick shift.

 

[Larry Gude]

Just great....

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Montgomery County Delegate Herman Taylor, D-District 14, introduced House Bill 1315, which would require the state's Motor Vehicle Administration to issue special license plates to people convicted on at least two DUI offenses.

"It's intended to track people who have had two or more offenses dealing with drunken driving," Taylor said.

Well hell, Taylor, why didn't you say so? We can just have a freaking satellite shoot a beam at these people where ever they roam with some sort of reflector that lights up.

Why not just tattoo their damn foreheads?

Maybe stitch a number or ID on their damn forearm?

This, folks, is legitamately nazi-esque.

 

[Otter]

When sitting at a light, sometimes I'll count cell users in the cars passing in front of me. It usually runs about 40-50%
Few things will discourage cell yackin like having a stick shift.

Sitting waiting for the bus in the afternoons, I always see 60 to 70%(believe me,I'm anal,its typically that high) of the drivers on the phone. 19th & K NW and its supposedly against the law in DC. Another fine example of passing a feel good law and not enforcing it.

 

[SmallTown]

I disagree....I give this idea and while there at it, can we personalize the license plates of all sex offenders as well? "perv" will do....

I think that as I am driving down the road with my kiddo, I have a right to know who is likely to be drunk, taking my life and the kiddo's into his/her hand, driving beside me......
Also would be convenient to have the perv's pointed out too......

also, special plates for women 1 week every month...

 

[Wenchy]

Sitting waiting for the bus in the afternoons, I always see 60 to 70%(believe me,I'm anal,its typically that high) of the drivers on the phone. 19th & K NW and its supposedly against the law in DC. Another fine example of passing a feel good law and not enforcing it.

I'm reading "Cell" by Stephen King.

I carry one for emergencies, and use it for the pictures...but not while driving.

Cell phone usage needs to be banned while in transit.

A State Cop passed me doing about 90 on my way back from SoMD this past Sunday, and in his hand was a cell phone. What happened to the radio dispatch?...it might have been his wife calling to tell him to pick up some milk.

None of this is a big deal until one of your loved one's is killed by an idiot driver.

 

[Wenchy]

also, special plates for women 1 week every month...

Look at the furrows between my eyebrows at that time of the month, and beware! I don't need a plate for that.

 

[kom526]

What good would the tags be w/o enforcement? I work with a guy that has had 5 DWI arrests. In his latest scrape there was a hit and run, fleeing and eluding, and possession of CDS.(weed) The result? Probation. WTF?

We need enforcement and do not let people walk just because they have a little cash and a flowery letter from their employer.

 

[Wenchy]

Why not just tattoo their damn foreheads?

Maybe stitch a number or ID on their damn forearm?

This, folks, is legitamately nazi-esque.

Excuse me?

This is not a matter of "Nazis'm", but a matter of someone who could kill you or your beloved blonde due to crappy politics, technology and negligence...nothing to do with being a "Nazi". Take that back.

I NEVER want to tell you, "I told you so".

I won't.

 

[Larry Gude]

No...

Excuse me?

This is not a matter of "Nazis'm", but a matter of someone who could kill you or your beloved blonde due to crappy politics, technology and negligence...nothing to do with being a "Nazi". Take that back.

I NEVER want to tell you, "I told you so".

I won't.

...you can't make me.

If these people belong behind bars instead of in bars, so be it, but you can not, in a free country, run around and label people in this scarlet letter fashion.

Now you explain to me just how in the name of Joesph Mengele a license plate that says "DUI" on it is going to save on single solitary life?

You gonna tell me that after the embarrassment and expense and shame of getting a DUI in the first place, getting pulled over, being filmed for COPS as you teeter into a ditch, getting arrested and booked, going to court and being on probation, each step with numerous strangers dealing with you, that somehow, seeings how that wasn't enough, the concept of more complete strangers looking at your tags and pointing 'DUI!" is going to do a damn thing?

Come on.

 

[Railroad]

What good would the tags be w/o enforcement? I work with a guy that has had 5 DWI arrests. In his latest scrape there was a hit and run, fleeing and eluding, and possession of CDS.(weed) The result? Probation. WTF?

We need enforcement and do not let people walk just because they have a little cash and a flowery letter from their employer.

Incredible.