Comments on: Driver Arrested For DUI, Cyclist Flown Overseas

By: Fruity

Fruity — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:21:38 +0000

Now he is …. 6months I believe. Sad but this has been two close calls now. May ALL recover

By: Fruity

Fruity — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:20:18 +0000

I actually agree with you..

By: Top Runner Lamont Marshall Jailed For 6 Months | Bernews.com

Top Runner Lamont Marshall Jailed For 6 Months | Bernews.com — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:14:04 +0000

[...] Marshall was originally charged last year in connection with the collision which occurred just past 1am on August 12 [...]

By: KS18

KS18 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:37:03 +0000

I don’t think that BDALuvin is saying he agrees, he is just pointing out how backwards our justice system is!

By: Police Warning After Spate Of DUI Incidents | Bernews.com

Police Warning After Spate Of DUI Incidents | Bernews.com — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:54:54 +0000

[...] while his ability to drive was impaired by alcohol or drugs after allegedly being involved in a collision which injured two people.Last night a 24-year-old car driver was arrested on suspicion of driving [...]

By: andre

andre — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:18:19 +0000

We would have no motorist!!! We would make citizens seek social assitance cause they cannot find a job. etc etc.

By: betty Rech

betty Rech — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:05:27 +0000

I hope the courts take this matter serious just like they did to two other people who got done for the same thing If convicted Lamont has to do time just like the portugese man that killed the guy on Cavendish and also the young lady who hit the boy and both did time for it and Lamont should not be any different… he was allegedly drunk and almost killed both people.
because he is a runner big deal i don’t care who he is he is charged with almost killing a close families daughter…and her boyfriend

do the time

By: Lamont Marshall Charged With DUI After Accident | Bernews.com

Lamont Marshall Charged With DUI After Accident | Bernews.com — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:10:00 +0000

[...] Lamont Marshall was charged in Magistrates Court this morning [Aug 15] in connection with the accident on Monday [Aug 13], which resulted in a 22-year-old female being seriously injured and flown overseas for [...]

By: Head up high!

Head up high! — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:34:21 +0000

The current government was voted in because they were going to change the ills of the past – remember???? Volte PLP – Make it Happen?

If they werent intending to change things we should have kept the UBP! At least we wouldnt have the current national dept!

By: J

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:36:04 +0000

Wow…its because of people like you that there are so many drunk driving accidents to begin with. Your comment depicts the exact reason people get behind the wheel after drinking, putting themselves and others in danger – because they think they are invincible and the one exception to the rule. There is no possible way you could drink 6 beers, ESPECIALLY if you’re only 110 pounds, and drive as if you were sober – to think otherwise is indeed ignorant.

By: blessings

blessings — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:54:30 +0000

oh and draw off his bank account to feed himself at westgate

By: blessings

blessings — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:52:45 +0000

The drunk driver should be ordered to pay the both victims hospital bills in full if convicted

By: D.C.

D.C. — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:50:58 +0000

to the family.. we are praying for her… thinking of you guys and family

By: Herbalist

Herbalist — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:34:18 +0000

I can’t even wrap my mind around that one BDAlovin!!! So you would rather some1 in the dirt (unnecessarily) than the herbs in the dirt?

By: smh

smh — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:12:32 +0000

you must live in bliss!

By: N/A

N/A — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:56:16 +0000

DUI is one of the most selfish things someone can do, im stunned that so many people are still doing it. And this, “we are Bermudian and drinking is part of our culture” is complete BS! I wish the 22 year year old female a speedy recovery, i will pray for her.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:47:14 +0000

you have got to be joking.

By: Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is bliss — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:17:35 +0000

It amazes me the amount of people on here calling for tougher sentencing and amendments to our laws. Laws and rules have been around since the beginning of time and they have been broken and disregarded by mankind since then. Did you know that you can drink two beers and be considered over the limit depending on your size?!? I weigh 110 pounds and can drink a six pack without even feeling a buzz, without my speech being slurred, or my eyes even glazing over…. BUT if the Police pull me over I’d have to spend the night in jail, be fined, and lose my license for a yr because I smell like alcohol. I don’t think it’s fair for me to have to paya $5000 fine simply because law states I’m driving drunk when in actual fact I have FULL control over my actions.

Amywho, enough with that…. I came to simply wish the female a speedy recovery, because at the end of the day my sympathy for people who are injured from senseless people who can’t put pride aside and admit they are over THEIR limit and catch a taxi home instead of risking their lives, let alone others overrides any debate about tougher punishment.

By: ***

*** — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:59:04 +0000

So where is the picture of this idiot who was arrested for being drunk!!

By: mixitup

mixitup — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:46:20 +0000

Some of these people are so obsessed with this Gov’t… Can we have a thought about the victims recovery? Or is that too much to ask?

By: mixitup

mixitup — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:42:49 +0000

I pray for her full recovery…

By: hammer time

hammer time — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:36:43 +0000

I can see why they don’t let random people run the country because u people have the most irrational idiotic ideas for punishment. Law or not people will break them everyday because nobody expects to be caught or suffer consequences for such actions.

By: RME

RME — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:33:19 +0000

The previous Goverments never imposed spot checks, hefty penalties and mandatory jail time either and drunk driving has always been a problem. So I guess they cared more about votes than lives prior to 1998 as well, huh.

By: Over the limit

Over the limit — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:48:38 +0000

Agreed.

The fines and jail time is minimal. The minimum fines are $1000.00 to $4,000 and the maximum jail time is around 7 years depending on the number of offences committed.

The Road Traffic Act 1947 needs to be amended again to include stiffer penalties.

Then again, even if the laws are on the books, they are only effective if they are enforced….smdh.

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:57:36 +0000

This Government cares about votes and not people’s lives. Never gonna happen. I have four words for you SPOT CHECKS and MANDATORY IMPRISONMENT!!!

By: BdaLuvin

BdaLuvin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:39:03 +0000

Agreed!
But alcohol abuse and drunk drivers murdering people( including tourists) on our streets is a petty crime in comparison to growing Marijuana

By: Mayan

Mayan — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:24:45 +0000

In addition to jail time, if you get a DUI conviction EVEN ONCE and even if(by the grace of God) you haven’t killed someone, you should lose your license for life. That may seem harsh, but driving is a privilege and not a right. If you are that careless and irresponsible, and don’t care about your own life never mind someone else’s, then you should not be on the road.

Lots of people drive while impaired a few times before they even get into an accident. Therefore, an assumption should be made that those caught will probably do it again because they think they just got unlucky the time they were caught, and will chance it again even after a conviction. Therefore, take their license permanently to teach them a lesson and as a deterrent to others. At the very least, take it away for something like 10-15 years. You want to drink and drive, lose your license and hoof or bus it…

By: swing voter

swing voter — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:07:53 +0000

If caught DUI fine = $5000 first offence, $20,000 2nd offence (morgage the house)

If caught DUI causing injury, $20,000 fine and $20,000 to injured party(insurance)

If caught DUI causing death, eye for an eye, tooth for tooth and life for life

By: betty Rech

betty Rech — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:40:53 +0000

OMG…. so sad to hear this news frist thing this morning… i pray for you guys… if there is anything our family can do we are here

By: Over the limit

Over the limit — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:04:19 +0000

I am so sick and tired of hearing of yet another DUI on our roads.

These types of accidents seem to be a weekly occurrence, it is despicable and the punishment needs to be severe, so that it will make people think twice about drinking and driving.

By: Family Man

Family Man — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:03:47 +0000

They sure don’t seem to record all those people who run that light.

By: In Mark's Opinion

In Mark's Opinion — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:41:59 +0000

Wish the woman can pull through and be back to normal soon. There are many camera’s at that juction , do they record anything ?