SCRAM, Lindsay!

Hollywood and La-La Land, for the most part, would seem to have very little to do with everyday life, except to provide us with a little diversion from time to time. And that isn’t always via their movies.




Take Lindsay Lohan, for example. Not content to be in the public’s eye for her roles in films, Lindsay has decided that any publicity is good publicity. Currently, all the publicity surrounding her concerns a court appearance that resulted in a 90 day prison sentence from a judge who has apparently had all she can stand from what she views as a real-life prima donna.



All of this started with a drunk driving conviction several years back that saw Lindsay fitted with what is known as a SCRAM device. SCRAM stands for Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor. One of the conditions in the settlement in this case was that Lindsay could not consume any alcohol until she pays her debt to society. To ensure that she complies with the Judge’s order in the case, this SCRAM device, which does just what it implies it will, was attached to the actress, and it ratted her out when she either forgot she was wearing it, or just decided to chance it by having a drink, anyway.



Okay, it was more than that one infraction that got Lindsay a room at the Gray Bar Motel. It was her attitude that really did the trick. There was the matter of not showing up on time for court appearances, and her spotty attendance at those alcohol education classes which was also a part of her DUI sentence. All in all, Lindsay seemed to have the idea that she was above the law, a misconception the Judge seems intent on correcting.



Back to everyday life, Hollywood celebrities aren’t the only ones with the idea that their excrement isn’t odiferous. Anyone who reads the arrest records in the News-Express has noticed the number of people who are arrested for multiple DUI”s, and for driving on a suspended license.



This even extends to people who have either injured or killed others through their drunken driving habits, and, in one notorious case, saw the offender brag that he had connections, and wouldn’t spend any time in jail, even though he had only recently been released from prison after a drunk driving episode cost the lives of a young mother and her unborn infant.



So, the question arises, what’s society to do to protect us from the habitual drinkers who insist on getting sloshed and then going for a little drive? Obviously, the status quo isn’t working too well. These scoff laws serve whatever time they have to serve, and then it’s bottoms up, and on the road again.



Well, how about the Lindsay treatment? First time DUI offenders need to see the same type of sentence that this actress saw, one that forbids any consumption of alcohol, and a SCRAM device firmly and irrevocably attached to the ankle to ensure that they adhere to this condition, and those alcohol education classes so that they are fully informed of the dangers of their actions. And that SCRAM device should be paid for by the offender. Otherwise, none of us will ever be safe from these seemingly uncorrectable drunken drivers.