Will I Have “Party Plates?” (by DaytonDUI)
If you thought that public shaming was a barbaric practice relegated to the distant past, you have not been driving through Ohio. Ohio was the first state in the country to adopt a form of public humiliation by adopting special license plates for drunk driving offenders. Use of the "scarlet letter" plates became mandatory in 2004. O.R.C. 4507.02(F)(2) and 4503.231. These bright yellow plates with prominent red lettering (often referred to as party plates) are an indelible record of your offense and will not be easily forgotten by friends, family, customers and clients. At DaytonDUI we are opposed to "branding,"...
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