Bill proposes "scarlet letter" for DUIs: bright-yellow license plates
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OLYMPIA — Sen. Mike Carrell wants everyone on the road to know who's been caught driving drunk.
He's sponsoring a bill that would require people convicted of drunken driving to put fluorescent-yellow license plates on their cars for one year — once their driving privileges have been restored.
"I've talked to the law-enforcement agencies and they think it would be an awfully good idea to have a way of visibly telling sheep from goats out on the road," said Carrell, R-Lakewood.
It also could help law-abiding drivers as a signal to give a wider berth to anyone behind the wheel of a car with bright-yellow plates, Carrell said.
But not everyone agrees that such a public designation is the best way to go after drunken drivers. ...
