Maryland Bill Aims To Put 'DUI' On License Plates

[FreedomAngel82]

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

Snip: < ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Debate under way in Annapolis focused Tuesday on nearly two-dozen bills drafted to address drunken driving.

Baltimore television station WBAL reported that one bill would have convicted drunken drivers wear a Scarlet Letter of sorts.

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, 45 percent of Maryland's traffic fatalities are related to alcohol. The House Judiciary Committee heard about 18 driving under the influence bills Tuesday, but none as controversial as the so-called Scarlet Letter approach.

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.

WBAL reported critics have called the measure a bumper sticker solution to crash prevention. >

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[havocmom]

1. Um, that would also punish anyone else in the family that uses the car

Not justice, that is vengeance and persecution of innocent family members.

[iamthebandfanman]

2. i think they do that already here

im not positive but i think you get a different licence plate here after a certain amount of DUIs (in kentucky)
i could be wrong though.
infact, i think anyone whos car you might drive..like family members... have to put one on too.
once again tho, not sure

[progressivebydesign]

3. A neighbor in my fancy neighborhood has had SIX DUIs.

SIX. He's under house arrest now. Everyone is afraid of when he'll start driving again. Lucky he hasn't killed anyone (that we know of).