Iowa Rejects Driver Humiliation
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The Iowa House of Representatives today rejected a move to force convicted drunken drivers to apologize in their local newspapers.
“We got away from the scarlet letter a long time ago,” said Rep. Dan Jay. The measure, defeated on a voice vote, would have allowed a judge to order motorists convicted of drunken driving to write a public apology, which would be published in their local newspaper along with a picture of the motorist.
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