tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post9185014157371081085..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Grits to DPS: Enact Incentive rules for Driver Responsibility surcharge nowGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8646291391412847002011-07-23T10:26:16.745-05:002011-07-23T10:26:16.745-05:00Thank you for your hard work and persistence, grit...Thank you for your hard work and persistence, grits. I have gotten my life back on track in every which way but being able to fit in this monster monthly payment, and some remaining hospitalization and credit debt. My life was a mess and I agreed I was a harm to myself and others, and took full responsibility for it by getting help. I have so fully complied with the criminal end of my two DWI's that I am getting temporary help, post-probation, from the county to drive on a restricted license. I have insurance. I will stop driving if this option runs out. I do think driving helps me and others. I make a positive contribution to my community by speaking to and working with other people struggling with addiction and helping them turn around their own destructive pasts into a positive life. I do it because I see people are good and sometimes don't know what to do about the most common problem of addiction. I am one of the faces this surcharge affects. I am not the only like this. Some of us reform, fulfill the mission statement that hangs up in the adult supervision office. What it reads rings hollow to politicians and officers and judges alike because the expectations have become so cynical that it's assumed none of us will change--when those of us actually do, it doesn't mean we get rich or become stupid and scared enough to pay these "fines" over basic necessities and other debts from a rough past. It becomes obvious to us that we are just being exploited at this point, and I don't want to take part in that because I am scared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78907863242409961132011-07-22T15:34:38.513-05:002011-07-22T15:34:38.513-05:001. Put driver's education back into the school...1. Put driver's education back into the school system. 1,000's of young adults do not have their licenses due to not having driver's ed.<br /><br />2. Do away with surcharges, it doesn't teach offenders a lesson, it is just a way for the state to make money!<br /><br />3. Educate judges and County attorneys. They are the ones that deal with these offenders and should tell them about the amnesty program. Not many of these cases are being placed on probation.Denny Cranenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29850972971969806682011-07-22T14:30:22.436-05:002011-07-22T14:30:22.436-05:00Another period of Amnesty is a great idea. And &q...Another period of Amnesty is a great idea. And "promotion", also, for it was sorely lacking the first time around.<br /><br />Not even Probation Officers at CSCDs knew about it.Atticusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88046775714420104342011-07-21T20:22:26.668-05:002011-07-21T20:22:26.668-05:00Yet there is still no hope for those of us that ha...Yet there is still no hope for those of us that have paid every month as agreed. I have paid 28 of the 36 monthly payments into this "money grab" and I will, without a doubt, finish paying the remaining balance without even an attaboy. Had I known then, what I know now, I would have never paid into the program from the beginning and I would be over $3000 ahead.Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50627093076424673582011-07-21T19:42:30.004-05:002011-07-21T19:42:30.004-05:00By Jonathan Shorman
USA TODAY
Thursday, July 21, 2...By Jonathan Shorman<br />USA TODAY<br />Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 9:38 a.m.<br /><br />Nearly a quarter of all Americans have participated in binge drinking, and 8.4 percent have used an illicit drug in the past month, a new report says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18865550877681491742011-07-21T17:49:11.157-05:002011-07-21T17:49:11.157-05:00And DWIs are only about 3% of surcharge cases, the...And DWIs are only about 3% of surcharge cases, they're just the highest and thus notoriously problematic.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47142298918957934382011-07-21T17:44:30.585-05:002011-07-21T17:44:30.585-05:00People are not going to cut back on their drinking...People are not going to cut back on their drinking because of these unfair laws. I favor amnesty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com