Comments on: Continue Efforts to Veto HB 971

By: poorman

poorman — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:58:08 +0000

if you wouldve read the bill instead of talking out of your ass you wouldve read the part about this bill only being for people NOT convicted of dui manslaughter

By: chasdg12

chasdg12 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:28:14 +0000

almost all of you are guilty of DUI you just didn’t get caught period and you have done it numerous times. Drink 2 drinks at dinner and drive you are DUI. If you say you haven’t your kidding yourself.

By: Frank M.

Frank M. — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:56:18 +0000

Allowing people who have proven themselves to have one last chance at driving again is a great thing. Some of us actually get it! I received my last DUI in 1995 and have not driven a vehicle drunk since then and I had received a lifetime revocation of my driving privileges. I haven’t been able to drive for the past 15 years. I finally decided for reasons not having to do with driving again to stop drinking completely. I have been totally drug and alcohol free for the past almost 8 years. I consider myself an alcoholic in recovery and I feel that I have learned my lesson very well. I can’t speak for all of the people who have had a lifetime revocation as to their current sobriety and I am sure that some of them still drink irresponsibly and would be dangerous to have on the road driving anything, even a bicycle for that matter. In case you don’t know, people can get a DUI while operating a bicycle (No kidding!) The point is that if someone can validate and substantiate there ability to show that they can be responsible then they should after 10 years of a suspension be allowed to drive under the new tough guidelines, that do protect the public, by way of the newly passed bill which is HB 971. M.A.D.D. supported the passing of this bill and you can bet that if they didn’t then Charlie Crist would have not supported it. Thank you M.A.D.D. and Gov. Charlie Crist for allowing only deserving people that have demonstrated they can be law abiding a chance to get their lives back by being able to drive again if they are willing to continue following the rules. This new law is not letting anyone with a lifetime revocation to drive without first showing that it has been 10 years since their last DUI and at least 5 years since any type of moving traffic violation which would include attempting to drive illegally while on previous punishment of permanent lifetime revocation status. They aren’t just saying line up and get your license back. Before anyone moans and groans about how terrible this bill is then why don’t you familiarize yourself with the strict guidelines that make up the bill in regard to the hardship driving license strict requirements. This is a good thing and it will also allow people to again become contributors to society. I would much rather have a person in compliance using an interlock on their car that monitors them than to have thousands of people driving illegally anyway because they have no other hope of ever getting their privilege to drive returned to them if they are willing to follow the rules.

Thank you M.A.D.D. and Gov. Charlie Crist !!!

By: danc

danc — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:17:35 +0000

Sad cyclist news this morning for the Sunshine State.

Good luck undoing that mess.
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Florida Governor Charlie Crist | MEMORANDUM: Governor Crist’s Bill Actions Today, June 4, 2010 – http://www.flgov.com/release/11651

DATE: June 4, 2010
TO: Interested Media
FROM: Sterling Ivey, Governor’s Press Secretary
RE: Governor Crist’s Bill Actions Today, June 4, 2010

Governor Crist signed the following bills today, June 4, 2010: CS/CS HB 971 Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:39:05 +0000

Frank- alcoholism is NOT a disability. It can have debilitating effects on a person, but it has been defined an impairment by ADA. read the abridged article here:

http://www.abanet.org/genpractice/magazine/2006/mar/labor.html

Your mention of alcoholism is the first. No one here has ever mentioned or looked down on anyone with an impairment.

The bottom line is habitual DUI offenders have issues with adhering to state laws. If underlying issues such as alcoholism are at the root, then until these individuals get over their denial and are rehabilitated, they should not be allowed the PRIVILEGE to operate a motor vehicle PERIOD.

We all make mistakes, I understand. But remember, once is a mistake, twice, three, or four times is a HABIT!

If this is someone you know of, please inform them ….Hello, you are the weakest link….Goodbye operating privileges for good. Game Over. You are not as smart as a Fifth Grader! yadda yadda

Please don’t confuse or try to diffuse the issue at hand by going on a wild goose chase with this tangent of alcoholism.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:37:21 +0000

Alcoholism is a disability and I have great admiration for those who can overcome its evils. For you to look down your nose at a disabled person is despicable.

By: Keri

Keri — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:54:33 +0000

When a drunk driver kills an innocent person, that person never gets their life back. That person’s family never gets their loved one back.

When a drunk driver disables an innocent person, that person never gets their mobility back.

In perspective, it’s not so harsh for a recidivist drunk driver to never get the privilege of driving back. Be grateful you’re free to move about the world in other ways and not sentenced to life in prison.

Want to make up your debt to society? Quit whining about having to live out the consequences of your actions and work to make our culture less dependent on automobiles. If we had really useful transit, I bet we’d have fewer drunk drivers. Turn it around. Use your self-created hardship as an opportunity to make the world a better place.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:38:40 +0000

How many chances do you think someone should have? Unlimited as long as enough time has passed?

And if people so easily scoff at the law about driving drunk, and keep driving anyway, what other laws do they think they should be exempt from?

By: william oehlecker

william oehlecker — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:12:30 +0000

Was a drunk driver now sober for 7 years and not re-offended for 13 years I have paid the price and I stand on a solid foundation.Yes I will claw and scratch to get my license back if this bill is not passed illegal drivers will double in next 3 years.If somebody is serious about staying clean and proofs it why can’t there be some rewards of that work.Do some research Frank and read the big book (AA)?

By: Manuel R. Arocho

Manuel R. Arocho — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:08:48 +0000

You need to stop looking at other people’s behavior and tend to your own issues, Christopher.