According to
Yahoo Odd News, 56 Daniel Corbett was in two accidents within four hours. All the article has said was that, Corbett has been taken to the same health care facility both times, he was given a blood alcohol test and he has sustained minor injuries. This was the most unsatisfying article I have read in a long time.
Well since the reporter couldn't be bothered to include significant information, I did a little digging. On the
1800dialdui site, if Corbett had no prior offenses (let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say that he has a clean slate), the first time he was arrested and treated it would not have been that bad.
First offense in Pennsylvania could be an ungraded misdemeanor, six months of probation, $300 fine, and he would have to take a class. That is very lenient for a man that put his own life and the lives of everybody else on the road with him in jeopardy, but I guess they figure that everybody is entitled to make a mistake. They don't have jail time or license suspension.
A couple hours later he was out doing it again, and he got caught again. Apparently, he didn't feel like he made a mistake. It sounds more to me like he had fun and there wasn't a big consequence to pay. His sister is the one that picked him up, and she didn't care enough about him (or the rest of society) to make sure that he stayed in the rest of the evening.
Second offense in Pennsylvania still ungraded misdemeanor, a year suspension of license, five days to six months in jail, $300 to $2,500 fine, a year of ignition interlock, and he still will have to go to the school. This punishment fits the crime a little bit better. If this was the law for the first offense, he wouldn't have gotten to the second offense.
Corbett is not the only one who has been caught in a short period of time doing the same crime, but this is the shortest amount of time in between DWI or DUI arrests that I have heard about. Based on the information above he at least has $600 in fines, five days of jail time, a year without his license, another year with the ignition interlock, two ungraded misdemeanors, and a lot of alcohol highway safety school.
Hopefully the judge will take a look at how close together this happened and not allow him to skate away with the minimums. It's a good thing I am not the judge. He would have the full amount of fines $2,800, six months in jail, year suspension of license, year of the ignition interlock, and he would need a degree from the alcohol highway safety school (and he had better keep up his GPA). Unfortunately, I am not a judge. The people that are in power need to do something to keep us safe.
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