What’s wrong with this picture? Why would repeat drunk drivers even have a license to drive?
MD Lawmakers to Consider Special Tags for Repeat Drunk Drivers
Should repeat drunk drivers have to use special license plates?
Maryland lawmakers will begin work today on a proposal to require special tags for people convicted of three cases of impaired driving.
Under the bill, repeat violators would have their regular license tags pulled and replaced with ones that include the letters D-U-I in red. The violators would have to use those tags for one registration period.
The proposal comes as several states try shaming repeat drunk drivers. Tennessee requires convicted drunken drivers to do 24 hours of roadside cleanup while wearing orange vests emblazoned with the phrase, “I am a Drunk Driver.”
Ohio requires yellow license plates with red letters for some convicted drunken drivers. One Arizona county attorney posts the names and faces of drunken drivers on a Web site.
Maryland’s proposal would take effect in October if approved.
The bill is up for debate today in a House committee.
