“When is enough, enough?” said Montgomery County Police Capitain Tom Didone during a House Judiciary Committee in Annapolis this week.
Didone testified on House bill 371, which would make repeat drunken driving a felony in Maryland.
The law would kick in if a driver has been found to have three prior drunken driving convictions or a conviction in a crash that caused death or life-threatening injuries. Forty-six states have felony drunken driving laws. Maryland and D.C. do not.
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I hope its a MSP officer that gets to be the first ones arrested.
ReplyDeleteSo you want drunks killing innocent kids? Wow! You voted clinton for sure.
DeleteThat is gonna take some born heres off the road for awhile.
ReplyDeleteHow about trying that with opioid use/possession?
ReplyDeleteStrict sentencing and penalties is the only thing that will control it.
I decided to check the tags in front of me for a month after a guy I work with was bragging about not renewing his tags in years. I was shocked at how many people are riding around on expired tags. Isn't there some way to stop that?
ReplyDeleteWhat the Maryland State police and rest of law enforcement hasn't figured out yet is fact that the lights they are now displaying on the their vehicles are as bright or brighter then the lights on a vehicle closing with high beam on.
ReplyDeleteI have made it routine to turn my high beam on to better see the road over their flashing lights when proceeding by.
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ReplyDeleteThank you! I have been saying the same thing. Those lights are too bright. When approaching and driving past they blind you for a split second. I think this might be some of the problem with the police getting hit on the side of the road. Some people panic when they can't see!
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ReplyDeleteThey blind me a hell of a longer then a split second. When passing I have been unable to see the police officer outside of their vehicle until I was within 15 yards.