Do you really want to waste time and money keeping her in jail or do you just want her to not do it again? I’d be satisfied with the knowledge she wouldn’t do it again. I don’t currently have that knowledge, but it would satisfy me.

In fact as with most crimes, if there were a way to assure us the criminal would never commit a crime against his fellow man in the future, I’d be satisfied. I have in mind something like a GPS monitoring device on the wrist which includes a microphone and camera and random monitoring along the way. Jail them if they ever try to disable the device or commit another crime, otherwise just keep them under 24 hour observation, privacy be but a memory. Their friends and associates would also be under observation when around them so they might have fewer friends and assoicates, but that’s their problem which they brought on.

David for good results

So you’re saying somebody WITH a valid drivers license couldn’t go and get it put on her car ahead of time?

AND:
“The interlock is all about money. ”

Driving under the influence down the road endangering the lives of small children and our loved ones SHOULD be expensive.

David for a price too high

The interlock is all about money. She will have to pay to have it put on, pay a monthly maintenance fee to have it monitored, and pay to have it removed.

Also, she will have to have a valid drivers license to have it installed, which means she has to complete all of the other license requirements FIRST. If you drive to the interlock place to have it installed without a valid license, they will call the cops on the spot and get you busted for driving with suspended license.

The arrest records are full of people driving despite having suspended licenses.

Also, anybody ever notice how many of these court required fines and penalties are never paid? I guess the govenment doesn’t need the money because they don’t seem interested in getting what is due.

David for safe streets

That is a rather large fine, her license is revoked, 24 months probation,
Community Service, a lock on her car, AND Counseling. This woman
will be busy doing all that and looking for someone to drive her to all
of the things she has to do to satisfy the Court.

I think it is fair, if in fact the counseling works and she stops drinking
and driving. If she is ever caught again, then put her away and keep her, but
right now I think clean her up, make her pay and then give her another chance.

Let’s also hope she is carefully watched by her probation officer;
her friends, relatives and neighbors. Obviously this woman needs a lot
of help so she doesn’t end up killing someone and/or herself. This
woman probably has grand children who love and need her, so lets
hope we have done enough and she can become a good role model.
Better late than NEVER.

Thanks Judge…..I feel everyone who breaks the law should pay in
fines every single penny that was involved in the pursuit or damage
that they caused. Why should anyone else have to pay for their actions?

Wake up and smell the coffee mam and go a different path for
yourself, everyone who loves you, and the rest of us.

Good luck….