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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on January 25, 2008, 05:34:34 AM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2761743
Oh my.
I was never sure about this myself.
Robb (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:31 PM
Original message
Different colored licenses for DUI offenders?
My local rep (also a Rep) got his hat handed to him today on a state bill he was sponsoring that would make convicted drunk drivers have a different background color on their driver's license.
Yellow for one offense. Red for multiple. No convictions for 5 years, you can apply for a "normal" license.
How is this different than the proposed colors for vehicle plates? Any other states playing with this? And what the heck is it supposed to do?
rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:37 PM
Response to Original message
1. Make an addiction criminal,how fun.
joshcryer (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 04:37 AM
Response to Reply #1
6. Drunk driving kills more than guns and drugs combined.
What a silly statement you make.
Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:38 PM
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2. They have colored plates (one color) in Ohio it is not automatic to get one, up to the judge. I think the cops can stop a DUI plated vehicle without normal probable cause.
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:40 PM
Response to Reply #2
3. I suppose that keeps friends from borrowing cars.
How is it "fair" to other family members, though? Sounds stupid.
That was my question too.
TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 06:22 AM
Response to Reply #2
9. Yea, my friend is gonna get one.
He is a dumb**** though, and he deserves it. He was proud saying that when he gets his license back (and if he can ever afford a car) that he'll have special tags
Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:44 PM
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4. It's probably 10 parts "Scarlet Letter"
1 part "Watch the **** out for that car, that guy might be drunk off his ass"
troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 04:34 AM
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5. He's simply a ****ing moran. Sorry for you.
quantessd (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 04:44 AM
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7. Humiliation is all that would accomplish.
It's just a scarlet letter.
theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 06:19 AM
Response to Reply #7
8. Well nothing else seems to keep these jerks off the road
Maybe a little humiliation would go a long way. Got any alternative suggestions?
I dunno.
I have mixed feelings about the matter, but detect a whiff of hypocrisy in the primitives. If the primitives think it's okay to "profile" potential drunken drivers, why isn't it okay to "profile" potential terrorists?
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I think it's a good idea myself.
As to the "drunks, OK" and "terrorrists, Nuh-uh!" attitude regarding "profiling" at the DUmp:
Drunk = George W. Bush x BDS = OK to profile
Terrorist = Enemy of Bush x BDS = Horrible fascist crime to profile!
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2761743
Oh my.
I was never sure about this myself.
Robb (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:31 PM
Original message
Different colored licenses for DUI offenders?
My local rep (also a Rep) got his hat handed to him today on a state bill he was sponsoring that would make convicted drunk drivers have a different background color on their driver's license.
Yellow for one offense. Red for multiple. No convictions for 5 years, you can apply for a "normal" license.
How is this different than the proposed colors for vehicle plates? Any other states playing with this? And what the heck is it supposed to do?
rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:37 PM
Response to Original message
1. Make an addiction criminal,how fun.
joshcryer (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 04:37 AM
Response to Reply #1
6. Drunk driving kills more than guns and drugs combined.
What a silly statement you make.
Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:38 PM
Response to Original message
2. They have colored plates (one color) in Ohio it is not automatic to get one, up to the judge. I think the cops can stop a DUI plated vehicle without normal probable cause.
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:40 PM
Response to Reply #2
3. I suppose that keeps friends from borrowing cars.
How is it "fair" to other family members, though? Sounds stupid.
That was my question too.
TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 06:22 AM
Response to Reply #2
9. Yea, my friend is gonna get one.
He is a dumb**** though, and he deserves it. He was proud saying that when he gets his license back (and if he can ever afford a car) that he'll have special tags
Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 11:44 PM
Response to Original message
4. It's probably 10 parts "Scarlet Letter"
1 part "Watch the **** out for that car, that guy might be drunk off his ass"
troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 04:34 AM
Response to Original message
5. He's simply a ******* moran. Sorry for you.
quantessd (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 04:44 AM
Response to Original message
7. Humiliation is all that would accomplish.
It's just a scarlet letter.
theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-25-08 06:19 AM
Response to Reply #7
8. Well nothing else seems to keep these jerks off the road
Maybe a little humiliation would go a long way. Got any alternative suggestions?
I dunno.
I have mixed feelings about the matter, but detect a whiff of hypocrisy in the primitives. If the primitives think it's okay to "profile" potential drunken drivers, why isn't it okay to "profile" potential terrorists?
I don't know Frank seems to me the way to avoid all of this happening to one,is for one to simply not drive drunk.
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You must not miss the DUmmie logic -
Drunk drivers unintentionally kill individuals while practicing their disease. This is a tragedy and everyone involved is a victim. Society must find a way to cope.
Terrorist have no interest in individuals and are out to kill a society. This is not a tragedy because DUmmies and terrorist share this goal. It is noble and just. The targeted society must not find a way to cope because doing so hampers that which is noble and just.
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in order to get the "party plates" as they are called you have to be a repeat offender several times over.
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Why give them a special plate? Suspend their license for 10 years.
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Why give them a special plate? Suspend their license for 10 years.
Doesn't stop them from driving.Jail does though :-)
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Why give them a special plate? Suspend their license for 10 years.
suspensions only work if the individual abides by the suspension.
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Why give them a special plate? Suspend their license for 10 years.
Doesn't stop them from driving.Jail does though :-)
I understand that. Get caught driving on a suspended license, impound the vehicle, go to jail for 90 days. Work release if needed.
There is a solution to the problem. No one has the balls to address the issue.
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Why give them a special plate? Suspend their license for 10 years.
Doesn't stop them from driving.Jail does though :-)
I understand that. Get caught driving on a suspended license, impound the vehicle, go to jail for 90 days. Work release if needed.
There is a solution to the problem. No one has the balls to address the issue.
Remember the guy from a few years back here who killed that woman and her child on I-75. I think he was driving to Traverse City with a blood alcohol 3 or 4 hours after the accident of .43 :o.I hope they buried him under the prison :censored:
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Shame as a punishment is a valid prevention tool.
As a society, we seem to have lost the ability to feel shame. I think it is a good idea to bring it back.
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What if one is an illegal and a drunk driver?
How does DUmmy logic handle that?
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What if one is an illegal and a drunk driver?
How does DUmmy logic handle that?
He should be given a medal, especially if he hits a Rethug/Repuke. /DU Mode
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Shame as a punishment is a valid prevention tool.
As a society, we seem to have lost the ability to feel shame. I think it is a good idea to bring it back.
Wouldn't one need a set of morals to be affected by shame? Viewing places like DU illustrates that shame alone won't work.
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Yes, sadly shame is an outdated concept in DUmmieland. I prefer tattooing their foreheads but that's just me.
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Yes, sadly shame is an outdated concept in DUmmieland. I prefer tattooing their foreheads but that's just me.
Coddling drunk drivers? Check
Sympathetic to pedophiles? Check
Campaigning to release drug dealers from prison? Check
The DUmmies really are supporting their bases. :whatever: :whatever:
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Shame as a punishment is a valid prevention tool.
As a society, we seem to have lost the ability to feel shame. I think it is a good idea to bring it back.
You need humility in order to feel shame sadly many of us are lacking in that dept.
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I don't know Frank seems to me the way to avoid all of this happening to one,is for one to simply not drive drunk.
As someone who has had a DUI I agree. I figure I had to go through all the crap the state demanded of me when I got mine so should other people. Maybe like me they will finally learn not to drive drunk.