the 2012 trivial drivel thread

[ramseycat]

Georgia is thinking about a new law that forgives a one-time DUI, including taking it off your record, if you don't commit ANY other offenses for five years, including traffic offenses.

I think it is a good idea. If you fuck up once, but keep your nose perfectly clean after that for five years, you deserve a second chance. It is harder to find a job with a DUI on your record.

If you get two DUIs, tough shit.

Ah yea, no. That is a stupid law. If people don't know by now not to drink and drive then they deserve what they get. I see first hand what can happen when a person drinks and drives and gets into an accident. Right now I have a file where our insured was driving and he was hit and killed by a drunk driver. His wife was also in the car and sustained some pretty serious injuries. But nothing can compare to the pain she is in from losing her husband and having to raise their children alone.

There is no forgiveness if you don't drive drunk again. That's bullshit. What happens when they get their second DUI in 6 years? Do they go back and put the first one back on your record? I'm sorry but if you are stupid enough to drink and drive, you have to pay the consequence. Just like any other crime.