Panel Kills DUI License Plate Bill; Safety: Measure to identify drunk drivers gets only one vote in Senate committee.
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A bill requiring repeat drunk drivers to display a special scarlet “DUI” license plate on their vehicles was killed Tuesday in the Senate Transportation Committee. The measure (SB 108) by Sen. Raymond Haynes (R-Riverside) would have required twice-convicted drunk drivers to equip their vehicles with the bright crimson license plate marked “DUI,” for “driving under the influence,” for two years. The restriction–reminiscent of the scarlet A for adultery worn by Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter”–would have applied to any vehicle owned, operated or acquired by a motorist convicted of drunk driving two or more times. Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com |