MADD upset with pending California bill

[The Straight Story]

MADD upset with pending California bill

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is speaking out against a pending bill that would restrict the ability of officers to enforce certain laws during sobriety checkpoints.

According to the advocacy group, Assembly Bill 1389 condones driving without a valid driver's license by preventing law enforcement from enforcing current laws meant to protect people on roadways, such as whether the motorist has a valid driver's license and vehicle registration, as well as checking for outstanding warrants or probation violations.
"If lawmakers want to change the licensing requirements to operate legally on California roadways, do it without compromising law enforcement's ability to enforce DUI laws," said Mary Klotzbach, public policy liaison for MADD California.

In 2009, DMV reported that there were 170,622 convictions for driving without a license in California. Of these convictions, 43,598 were for operating illegally on a suspended license due to a previous DUI.

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According to MADD, AB 1389 would allow more DUI offenders operating on a suspended license to continue to drive illegally on the state's roadways.

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_18500186

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Fuck MADD

They should be shut down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_Against_Drunk_Driving

In 2002, Lightner stated that MADD "has become far more neo-prohibitionist than I had ever wanted or envisioned … I didn't start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving".<5> Lightner had left the group in 1985.

Immediate past President of MADD, Glynn Byrch, wrote in a letter to the editor of the Washington Post that "Taking away a teenager's car keys and replacing them with a beer may prevent death and injury on the road but it sends a dangerous message to teenagers that it's okay to break the law."<6>

(Lightner was the founder)

These 'Mothers' report to CEO Chuck Hurley -- huh, must be her nickname --since 2005.

Like the .08? Thank these fuckers.


(No, I've never gotten a DWI)

[Daggoo]

2. MADD and colleges

MADD actually did more harm than good ('the road to hell is paved with good intentions...') when it caused
the drinking age to be raised to 21. That effectively meant no drinking (except for seniors) on college campuses.

(Campuses can also be SUED if a now underage student is injured after drinking.)

Whereas there used to be parties on campuses, with qualified bar tenders, minders, and friends
nearby, college students are now forced to go off campus to drink, usually in unsupervised houses.

The result is MORE drunk driving, not less; more uncontrolled and unmonitored binge drinking, and more
injuries.