Take Me To Post Comment Form I was reading the story of a Cobb County woman who, after being convicted twice for DUI and found driving with a suspended license, crashed her vehicle into a house last week.
Inside were two teenage children. One, the authorities were able to finally extricate after several hours. The other was killed.
For those two DUI convictions, the woman, Janette Eason of Dallas, got probation. Authorities believe she was drunk at the time of the latest incident, which took place early Sunday morning.
How in the hell does someone like that get a car?
It’s bad enough that someone with multiple DUIs has gotten probation each time. Quite simply, we are not strict enough or severe enough with people who are convicted of DUI.
But it might be time to go beyond that. It might be time to go after the people who provide people who have a suspended or revoked license with an automobile. It might be time to go after the people who put another car in the hands of someone with multiple DUIs. Giving a car to someone who already has a fistful of DUIs is akin to loading a gun and handing it to someone.
I’ll be honest. I don’t know what rules are in place, what safeguards there are for auto dealers to make sure the car they are selling won’t be driven off the lot by someone without a license. It’s been a while since I bought a car, but I think I remember having to provide a license for some reason. I already had insurance and I think they checked for that.
But if it’s a friend or family member who allows someone who has had multiple DUIs or a suspended license to have a car, why can’t they be found just as culpable, especially if there’s an accident? Maybe the laws already say they can be. I don’t know. But if they don’t, they need to.
Period.