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Question: Why does someone get his or her driver's license taken away for doing graffiti? It seems like there is no connection between them.

Answer:

Arizona Law (A.R.S. § 8-323) has been written to include many offenses that might be committed by a juvenile. The Law lists 11 different choices for the hearing officer to impose if it is proven that a juvenile did violate the law. If it is found that someone did graffiti or had materials with the intent of doing graffiti, one of the possible consequences is having driving privileges suspended.

 

There is another Arizona Law (A.R.S. § 28-3320) that makes a Driver's License suspension for graffiti mandatory. This law includes other offenses in its terms as well. Those include DUI, drinking and driving, drug offenses, any criminal damage charge, and use of a car without permission of the owner.

The reason why driver's license suspension was written into this law is because driving is a privilege and many times when a privilege is taken away, the person wants to work hard to get it back. In this case, the offender might stop doing graffiti because it is important to him or her to be able to drive.


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On 11/13/03
Robert from NJ said:
Increasing penalties simply to deter is immoral. Hey, why not punish graffiti with the death penalty? I'm sure there'd be a lot less graffitti then.
On 11/11/03
Sylvia from TX said:
Why don't you all agree with this law? I agree with it because it does help prevent people from grafitti.
On 11/09/03
psilocin from TX said:
psilocin says: Laws are not meant to be fair, they are devices of control. Is it fair that we are forced to wear a seat belt? Is it fair that marijuana is illegal while alcohol, far more damaging physically, psychologically and especially _socially_, is not? Of course not. All punishments should be tailored to the _effect_ of the crime itself; this is our only hope at being fair. Thus a crime of defacement like grafitti ought to be punished with paying for the damages and possibly a short isolation period for repeat offenders. Drivers' licenses are completely unrelated to this issue, re
On 10/16/03
jeff from NY said:
I disagre on this law cause is not fair.
On 10/16/03
akheem from NY said:
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE NO THAT TPING IS A LAW THAT YOU MOST FRONT.
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