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Shaming Drunk Drivers on Facebook: Way to Go or Going Too Far

Kristen Hawley — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:15:28 PST

The city in California with the most drunk-driving arrests is considering an interesting solution to its problem: public shaming via Facebook. Huntington Beach, a coastal suburb of LA, wants to start posting mug shots of anyone who is arrested more than once for driving under the influence.

The councilman behind the proposal says, "If it takes shaming people to save lives, I am willing to do it. I'm hoping it prevents others from getting behind the wheel and getting inebriated." Initially, he wanted to post a photo of every arrest, but other council members found that solution a bit extreme.

Find out more about the proposal and share your thoughts after the break.

NY County Has to Remove DWI "Wall of Shame": Fair Move?

CitizenSugar — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:15:27 PDT

Drunk drivers are losing part of their 15 minutes of shame after a judge's ruling deemed that New York's Nassau County had been violating due process by posting the mug shots of DWI suspects on its Internet "Wall of Shame." The county began posting the mug shots of DWI arrests on Memorial Day, and has since been sued by one woman who was pictured. She said the online gallery was unconstitutional as it was posted before her trial. The county attorney says the mugshots are public documents and are just being given a public airing.

The judge however points to the power of the web, saying that posting the photos to the Internet creates "limitless and eternal notoriety." However, the county executive and proponent of the "Wall" says of the program, "The objective of what we're trying to do here is to change the culture that exists related to drunk driving, that it's not just a socially acceptable crime."

Since the Memorial Day start of the program, more than 1,400 drunk drivers have been pictured, and drunk driving arrests are up 6 percent over the previous year.

Germans Raise Steins to Oktoberfest, and Drunk Driving?

LibertySugar — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:00:34 PDT

Chancellor Angela Merkel and her fellow German politicians gathered in Berlin yesterday to kick off that city's beer festival. Beer lovers will tap Munich on Saturday, when Oktoberfest officially begins.

Guenther Beckstein, the governor of Bavaria, which includes Munich raised eyebrows recently when he said, "If one drinks the two liters over six or seven hours at the Oktoberfest, it is still possible" to drive. He's now retracted those potentially irresponsible comments.

Political opponents hope that Beckstein's statement on drunk driving could help them defeat him in elections on September 28.

Now that would be sobering!

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Lil Links: Drunken Dad Drives Off With Kids Hanging Out of Car

LilSugar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:00:55 PDT

Drunken dad drives off with child hanging out of the car - Parent Dish

Nie Nie Day - Alpha Mom

Jane Kaczmarek talks choas and kids - Celebrity Baby Blog

Diane Farr welcomes twin girls - Celebrity Baby Scoop

Home wreckers -Cool Mom

Eco cute overload: zoo backpacks - Inhabitants

Headline of the Day

GiggleSugar — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:02:00 PDT

Man Gets DWI After Riding Motorized Cooler

Folks are always trying to outwit the drunk driving laws in this country, drinking until they've drunk the house dry and have to journey to the market for a 24-pack pick-me-up. When stumbling doesn't get them very far, their hammered judgment tells them to drive a golf cart instead. Or, even better, to drive a motorized cooler down the road. (But guess what? An electric-powered cooler counts as a vehicle in the state of New York.) For more on the story, click here.

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Drunk Mom Lets 1-Year-Old Steer the Wheel

babysugar — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:00:46 PDT

I know it's nature's way, but sometimes it baffles me that all women are born with the right to reproduce - no license or permit required. After seeing this video, you might wonder why we don't have a law preventing some ladies from ever bearing offspring. An Ohio mother of three was arrested for her third drunk driving offense in six years.

Her three children - ages 1, 5, and 8 - were all passengers in the vehicle. And aside from endangering their lives by being intoxicated, the mother let the baby steer the wheel! Thankfully, no one was injured, and the children are now in their father's custody.

Would You Stay With Your Spouse If He Pulled a Sambora?

LilSugar — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:00:05 PDT

Bon Jovi guitarist and father, Richie Sambora was arrested Tuesday night in Laguna Hills for driving drunk while his ten-year-old daughter, Ava was a passenger in the car.

According to People:

The Bon Jovi guitarist was stopped around 10:52 p.m. after police said they spotted him weaving on the road, according Laguna Beach Police Sgt. Jason Kravetz tells PEOPLE. Sambora was driving a Hummer and was with his girlfriend, daughter Ava (whose mother is ex-wife Heather Locklear) and another unidentified juvenile girl.

Though Ava's mother, Heather Locklear and the rocker are divorced, would you be able to forgive your spouse for such an incredible lapse of good judgment?

To see Richie and Ava rocking out in better times with Jon Bon Jovi last fall,

Woman Buckles Her Beer, Not Baby

babysugar — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:00:30 PST

Sometimes it's hard to believe that a story is true. Here's a great example.

According to First Coast News, a Florida woman ran a red light and swerved down the road when a deputy spotted the erratic behavior and pulled her over. And it was a good thing he did. To reveal the rest of this shocker,

read more. Investigators said the woman smelled of alcohol, claimed she never had a license, and was running out of gas. This is where it gets strange. She had a case of Busch beer in the passenger's seat with a seatbelt buckling it in, but there was a baby girl in the backseat without a car seat or seatbelt! When the deputy asked her why the child wasn't restrained, she replied, "I don't know." The babe's perilous situation of being an innocent passenger of an irresponsible woman was compounded by the fact that she had taken backseat to the brews. Out of it, the woman told the officer that she had consumed a "few" drinks. After staggering out of her car, she gave the authorities reason to arrest when she failed a field sobriety test. The woman is facing DUI, child endangerment, driving without a valid license, running a red light, and not having a seatbelt or child restraint. Source

The First Step To Recovery...

GiggleSugar — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:00:00 PDT

...Is acknowledging the problem.

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Dumbass Of the Day

GiggleSugar — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:20:00 PDT

Let's give this dude points for creative thinking. He knew he had to be somewhere and that he was too drunk to drive, so he decided to drive someone's golf cart instead. The problem is: a DUI is a DUI. Another problem: once the cops catch up to you, it's not very wise to admit that you stole the vehicle you're driving and that you've been drinking. All. Day. Long. And another problem: did he just ask to go to jail?