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Police believe B.C. man's 21 drunk driving convictions most in Canadian history (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Uh...We did it?

But seriously, how is this guy even on the road to accrue that many convictions?

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

If you makes you feel better (or worse I suppose depending on how competitive you guys are about this) an American man from South Dakota set the American record at 30 DUIs.

While 11 DUIs over a lifetime might sound like a considerable number, it is nowhere near the top record. That dubious honor falls instead to a man named Jerry Zeller. The South Dakota earned the nickname “Mr. DUI” during his lifetime, and he allegedly committed more than 30 DUIs (2)

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Without reading the article, I imagine some are while having a suspended license?

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's just, you know. After the 15th or 16th conviction you'd think the law would get more...Urgent.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

How else do you get records like this though?

[–] StorminNorman@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You don't need to even read the article, literally says in the title that he has "21 drunk driving convictions". Sure, he may have accrued some of them whilst suspended, but he was still drunk when he did accrue em...

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OP was asking how he even did it.

You can probably only pull that off if you drive with a suspended license

[–] StorminNorman@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ahhhhh, right, fair, that's totally on me. It's my one complaint about sites like this one, Reddit, etc. My ADHD brain gets confused by the layout of replies. I much prefer the old school newsgroups, forums, etc in that regard...