9¬?´9¯S?s feature on a local TV station today about a 24 year old guy who was convicted of DWI here in Houston. The judge is known for unusual punishments...so the DWI driver now has to drive around with signs on his car saying that he was convicted of drunk driving. Kept him out of jail and apparently it was his idea (and the judge agreed to it) but he has to do this for a year!

Oh and his car...a 350Z!

Here is a link to the article (not sure how long this will be up):

http://www.khou.com/topstories/khou0....f6a111c3.html


Ken

 

Here's another picture of the guy's car with a large sign on his hood. Man - think I would have had to seriously consider the year in jail rather than mess up my Z with all those signs.

Ken

 

will that hurt his paint job?

 

The article says that he paid to have the signs made...probably decent quality.

To stay out of jail, he probably won't mind a repaint or touch up job, if necessary, when he can finally take the signs off.

Wonder if this guy frequents the boards here? Would be interesting to hear about his experiences driving around town with these signs on his Z.

Sure glad I live close enough to walk to one of my favorite pubs - don't have to get in my Z and risk having to go through the "signage" punishment...as well as more serious things!

Ken

 

As much as I'd hate to see a harmed Z, I kind of hope it does.

 

LOL, might actually work.

Atleast keeps the cop on the look out

 

i caught that this mornin on the news. first they see the Z, then the signs. atleast the guy and Z didnt get in an accident.

 

and you need a sn to see it now. did you save the article?

 

Id rather go to jail.

 

I've been out of Houston for 10 years-but it sounds like the work of the Honorable Judge Poe.

JDS

 

If I were in charge (believe me, nobody wants that, lol) he would be. 1 year manditory, first offence, state prison not county jail. There's just no reason for it and I've seen tooooo many disgusting pictures of people maimed by these loosers. And then they're out walking the streets 6 months later.

I feel for the car though, they should just confiscate that and sell it to somebody who deserves it. Man that sticker messes up the lines. They should just tattoo something like that to his forehead. LOOSER!

 

The guy got pulled over in his Z when he was DWI. The funny thing is the HPD officer who pulled him over only wanted to check out his Z. I thought I had bad luck.

 

I left Houston about 5 years ago, but I was thinking the exact same thing!

 

Yep...you're right. It was Judge Poe. But I think the Z driver scammed him a bit. If it was only a DWI (well, maybe only isn't the right word) instead of a DWI on top of a theft probation, I might agree with the sign idea. But this guy is a convicted thief! Judge Poe missed the boat here, I think - should have made him do the boot camp time (for the DWI offense on top of being on probation) AND then drive around with the signs.

Poe has handed down some great and creative sentences here in Houston over the years - just think this driver took advantage of Poe's quirkeness in this case.

Ken

 

nice avatar ATC Ken! are you a Controller?

 

Pthhhhhh! If anything the guy has good luck. That's the only difference between a drunk driver who doesn't kill someone vs. a drunk driver who does. I have 0 tolerance for drunk drivers. This guy should have done hard time and gotten a hard one the hard way.

 

he sure gonna get a lot of stare in his Z now.....

man~ trust me, this is gonna be the best mod for any people who wanna put sticker on their Z~it's gonna cause all the pedestrian to

 

Take that vinyl off, trade in the Z and he's a free man.

 

You know, if you put stickers like that all over your car, people would at least get out of your way in traffic...

 

until he gets pulled over and cited for a violation..... I'm sure he's in a database somewhere within the court system that shows what his sentencing conditions are.