DUI

Is “LivePD” really live?

May 15, 2019 by admin

I managed to get my hands on a copy of the LivePD production contract. I didn’t like LivePD before. I still don’t.

Actually preventing DUI is the goal, right?

August 5, 2015 by admin

I’ll be intently following the political future of Randall Scannell in Green Bay. I know zero about his political beliefs or party affiliation. What I do know about the man, though, I like.

He’s all for eliminating parking tickets for drunks. “What?????? He’s going to REWARD people for getting drunk?” You heard it right- no tickets for drunks. He’s not “rewarding” anybody, though.

Actual Effects Are More Important Than Theoretical Debates

Law and politics are, sadly, too much like Philosophy- lots of people with strong opinions sitting around in a room talking about what should (or will) happen in the “out there” world if everybody in the world acted (or was forced to act by passage of law) in the way they wanted. “Cut taxes and nobody will starve.” Or, “raise minimum wage and nobody will s

Here’s Your Zero Tolerance on DUI: The Zamboni Guy Is In Jail. Happy now?

February 2, 2015 by admin

The Good Old Hockey Game. Its the Best Game You Can Play.

I’m going to let a little secret out here: I play hockey. It’s not a very exciting secret, I know. It probably shouldn’t even be a secret. It is, though. You know why? Because I play hockey poorly. Like, really bad. I’m at the bottom of the talent ladder on a hockey team that’s at the bottom tier of a bottom league at the rink. We’ve got some good skaters, too. We still don’t win. It’s not their fault. Know what I’m saying?

Why Do Cops Let People Drive Drunk?

June 9, 2014 by admin

You know how drunk drivers are a danger? They cause accidents? You know how they kill people? You know how we can’t tolerate having impaired drivers on the road? You know how we are so gung-ho on punishing DUI that we won’t even tolerate a drunk driver pulling off the road to “sleep it off”? … Read More

DUI and McHenry. Is the extra spending worth it?

May 12, 2014 by admin

It’s getting weird in the DUI world. If you haven’t been paying attention, DUI arrests are on a sharp decline. They were way down a few years ago, and they are currently down from even those numbers. You’d think that would be a good thing, right? You’d think police departments would beating their chests and issuing press releases touting how their cutting edge enforcement efforts have finally worked. Or talking about how the smoking ban in bars has cut down on DUI. Or telling us how great this brutal winter was at keeping drunks off the road.

Apparently, they’re not. Some of them are doing quite the opposite… they’re telling us how they need to change the way they do things. They’re telling us how they need to spend more money. They’re telling us, loud and proud, in this article today:

Actual Effects Are More Important Than Theoretical Debates

The Good Old Hockey Game. Its the Best Game You Can Play.

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