I laughed pretty hard when I read this. It seems 3 men convicted of Driving Under the Influence were ordered by the court to attend a consequences of DUI panel. The panel is made up of people who have suffered losses of loved ones as a result of drunk drivers.
The intention is to have the convicts listen to testimonials of the horrors of drinking and driving. However, I think the men made quite a farce of the whole thing when they showed up drunk. Their blood alcohol level was around 0.22 and the legal limit is that damn 0.08 (which we all know has never stopped us before).
Three New Yorkers convicted of alcohol-related driving offenses showed up to their court-mandated panel to hear from DWI victims drunk, police said.
“Occasionally, we’ll have someone show up drunk, but that was offensive,” Larry Waimon, whose father and grandmother were killed by drunken drivers, told the Post-Star. “They’re not ready to listen. The judges should lock them up.”
All three had a blood alcohol content of just under 0.22 percent, Glens Falls Police Sgt. John Winchell told the newspaper. In New York a person is considered legally drunk if their BAC is 0.08 percent.
I am a fan of anyone who makes a farce of anything. I like these guys because they are pretty outrageous. However, I hate criminals. These guys are hilarious and I laugh when I read stories like this, but there is no doubt that they should be locked.
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April 3, 2009 at 7:23 am
JGF
Has the hype of Mans Inc faded?
Feb 37 posts
March 31 posts
April 1 posts so far?????
This is a downward trend…I rely solely on this site for all of my breaking news analysis. What’s going on???
April 3, 2009 at 9:52 am
foundersfreedom
Good to have you back again, Patrick. Where you been man?
April 3, 2009 at 10:18 am
Patrick Nixon
Hey FF and JGF. Good to hear from you guys. I have been tied down pretty heavily with work these days. Mans Inc is still standing tall… posts posts posts.
Keep up the comments.
May 4, 2009 at 5:47 am
Officer (ret.) Larry Waimon
Dear Patrick (Nixon). If you would merely Google Police Authors-Larry Waimon, you’d notice my “qualifications” & rigth to respond to your comments concerning the DWI offenders showing up drunk at the Victim Impact, and beleiving this was “funny”? As the family victimized “thrice” by 3 drunk drivers, there’s nothing “funny” about it! It’s exasperating, but our “V.I.P.” program has a rescidivist rate of a mere 5%, and I’ve been flopping my gums there sicne it’s inception for 10 years. However ironic, there is certainly NO Humor to have to gaze atr those who clearly have an “addiction”, (which I’m not qualified to address). Making light of such tragedy has me “envious” of you; surely, were you in my shoes, you would take offense to your cavalier attitude. L.A.W.