On Tuesday, it passed legislation that made an online database of drunk drivers mandatory by the end of this year. The database will be sorted by the name, address or birthday for those who are convicted of driving drunk five times over a twenty year period.
The Columbus Dispatch interviewed Scott Woodworth, 49 who is serving time in jail for his thirteenth drunk driving conviction. Woodworth supported the legislation saying, "People deserve to know who is a drunk around them."
Agreed. This really won't do anything to make me feel safer, but it may still deter people from repeatedly driving drunk. I supported the yellow plates simply because people can tell on the road who is a drunk driver, however I'm not sure this database will have as close of an impact. Still, those people who are dumb enough to drive drunk multiple times should be punished somehow (Scott Woodworth, remember has 13 drunk driving convictions, is only serving a five year sentence).
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has the number of dui's gone down since the plates. I've gotten used to them, and for some reason they look like an Arizona plate.
call a cab, walk, phone a friend
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