Drivers background checks?

2014-06-26T13:51:43-04:00

Just like gun owner background checks. Past mental illness of a history of abusing drugs and/or alcohol?

Response by SSG Ed Mikus made Jun 26 at 2014 1:47 PM

2014-06-26T13:47:32-04:00

no, the written and driving exams should suffice, along with proof of legal residency of course. if i were to add anything i would add drivers education.

Limiting peoples ability to drive in a country without decent public transportation would have a bad effect on everyone.

Response by SSG Ed Mikus made Jun 26 at 2014 1:58 PM

2014-06-26T13:58:20-04:00

Bad idea overall

Response by CMDCM Gene Treants made Jun 26 at 2014 6:16 PM

2014-06-26T18:16:52-04:00

NO, but qualified as to issuing Licenses to Repeat offenders of DUI/DWI. In so many states the judges do not enforce the law when it comes to multiple offenders of people who drive when legally drunk. I have seen drunks kill people and get away with a slap on the wrist. There has to be a point where we all say ENOUGH! Only one Judge who did so much of this has ever been voted out of office in this area. More need to understand and enforce the law.

Response by PO3 Jordan Davis made Jun 11 at 2015 11:58 PM

2015-06-11T23:58:33-04:00

I have my CDL Class A, and they didn't do a background check to get the license. They do however do background checks for the hazmat and tanker endorsements.

Response by SFC Wade W. made Aug 5 at 2015 5:46 PM

2015-08-05T17:46:00-04:00

My company does an extensive background check at state level along with drug and alcohol testing regularly IAW company and DOT policies. We transport people and want to ensure their safety.

Response by SSG Keven Lahde made Dec 1 at 2015 9:00 PM

2015-12-01T21:00:16-05:00

Cpl Brett Wagner They will always come up with something to limit or deny someone the ability to drive.

Response by SPC David Hannaman made Dec 2 at 2015 4:08 PM

2015-12-02T16:08:26-05:00

YES, and an IQ test for people allowed to speak in a public forum. #Sarcasm

Seriously though, consider for a moment the effect a criminal record has on someone. It makes it very difficult for them to find legal employment, which pushes them toward either crime, or the welfare system, and they get trapped in a vicious cycle of social dependency.

I know a lot of people that USED to have drug/alcohol problems... I'd hate to see them without a way to get to work.

Talking about gun owner background checks... I'd like to see a "Do not own" list... do something to get on the list and you can't own one legally. Not on the list? Legal to own a 105mm if you so desire.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 26 at 2016 4:43 PM

2016-05-26T16:43:40-04:00

California will never go for this....They want to hand out Licenses to Persons inside the United States Illegally

Response by SGT Dave Tracy made Feb 20 at 2018 2:25 PM

2018-02-20T14:25:00-05:00

I don't know if its a good idea or not, but I do know this: The day before Thanksgiving in 2000, my brother-in-law killed my wife's sister by attempting to commit murder-suicide by driving their small car into the path of an oncoming SUV on an undivided highway. He failed at the "killing himself" part. Was wildly successful at the "murder" part.

He was in his mid/late 20s when this occurred, and had been diagnosed with mental illness as a teenager. It was evident in the months prior, due to he peculiar paranoid behaviors he demonstrated he was no longer well, but he didn't say or do anything that would cause him to be involuntarily held by civilian authorities.

I note "civilian authorities", because a few months before he killed his wife, the Army held him over his 2 week Reserve AT under medical care, because, well, they recognized he was nuts. They were the only ones who could or would hold him, but after the AT, he was turned loose.

It's widely accepted he was mentally ill at the time he did this, but that doesn't mean he didn't know what he was doing. He served 2 years in prison for a reduced manslaughter charge and grievous bodily harm to the other driver. No one will ever know if he would have done that without being mentally ill, but it seems rather doubtful.

Response by SPC David Willis made Feb 20 at 2018 3:01 PM

2018-02-20T15:01:08-05:00

Please stop comparing gun ownership to car ownership. I would rather not have to have my guns registered and carry liability insurance. Also there is a test in order to drive a car, not true to own a gun.

Response by Cpl Brett Wagner made Feb 20 at 2018 3:20 PM

2018-02-20T15:20:24-05:00

Since many people did not get the point of my question I will come right out and say it or try to... the point is that anything can be used as a weapon to kill. Anything from a pencil to an automobile. What freedoms and liberties are you willing to give up in order for a false sense of security?
For those of you who are so made at inanimite items like SPC David Willis out lawing guns, knives, bats, whips, chains etc. There are still shootings in Franc and the UK and you cannot own a pea shooter in those countries. If you feel safer in a place like France or UK then why not move there?

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Feb 20 at 2018 4:08 PM

2018-02-20T16:08:32-05:00

Another Straw Man Argument which indicates you don't want to do anything. I have no idea how many thousands of children have to die so that you won't be afraid