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Judge gets hit in a Dui accident by an idiot who appeared before him as a defendant in his second DUI case. The judge suspended his sentence and . . . . well, the circle sometimes gets to complete itself.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/17/repo ... to00000001


Back in 1998, Rene Fernandez received two DUIs in a span of three months. The first judge sentenced him to probation, the second judge, Edwin Collier, sentenced him to 60 days in jail but suspended the sentence. Last August, the now 45-year-old Fernandez was inebriated at more than twice the legal limit, got into his Chevrolet Tahoe and started driving, ultimately plowing into a Honda Accord in the oncoming lane.

That Accord was driven by 85-year-old retired Judge Edwin Collier, who had his wife, 81-year-old Ellen Collier in the passenger seat. Yes, it was an accident involving the same Fernandez and the same Judge Collier from 1998. Fernandez is now looking at an 18-month stint in a Montgomery County, Maryland prison for the DUI and the life-threatening injuries he caused to the Colliers.

Uh oh. I see more sobriety checkpoints in MD in the future...

Guess I should mount a video camera to the truck and the bike, just to make sure everything's on the up-and-up, eh?

--Jaeger

Raise the legal limit but stiffen the penalties. Pull their license and you'll see people start to march in order (not all of them, I am not that dumb)

Bigshankhank wrote:Raise the legal limit but stiffen the penalties. Pull their license and you'll see people start to march in order (not all of them, I am not that dumb)

For the people who will make the decision time and time again to get behind the wheel of a car while they're barely able to stand up, taking their license away just means they have one less piece of paperwork to remember when they get in the car.

Here's one or two I think might be moderately effective:

Got a DUI within the last 24 months?
No tax deductions for you!

Repeat offender?
Double income tax for you for two years!

Or how about this:
If you have a DUI on your license less than 24 months old, you are automatically ineligible to purchase petrol!

Or maybe the other way around would be good. Some kind of rewards scheme.
Don't get any DUIs, drunk&disorderlies or the like for thirty years and you get a voucher redeemable for a) no income tax for two years, b) a wet and sticky night with a supermodel or c) a license to smoke pot.

Or maybe they should install breathalyzers in taxicabs.
The higher you blow, the less you pay. At the legal limit, you ride for free. More than the legal limit and you get a Hooters gift card.

DerGolgo wrote:Here's one or two I think might be moderately effective:

Got a DUI within the last 24 months?
No tax deductions for you!

Repeat offender?
Double income tax for you for two years!

Or how about this:
If you have a DUI on your license less than 24 months old, you are automatically ineligible to purchase petrol!

Or maybe the other way around would be good. Some kind of rewards scheme.
Don't get any DUIs, drunk&disorderlies or the like for thirty years and you get a voucher redeemable for a) no income tax for two years, b) a wet and sticky night with a supermodel or c) a license to smoke pot.

Or maybe they should install breathalyzers in taxicabs.
The higher you blow, the less you pay. At the legal limit, you ride for free. More than the legal limit and you get a Hooters gift card.

the taxation issue would violate the equal protection and due process provisions of the constitution if federal, and likely most state constitutions as well. I do like the cab idea though!

goose wrote: the taxation issue would violate the equal protection and due process provisions of the constitution if federal

You sure about that? Strikes me that just as with felons losing rights, the government may deprive people of various rights, so long as due process is indeed used.