When drivers with suspended licenses get behind the wheel of a motor
vehicle, they put their lives - and yours -
at risk.
In this series, investigative reporter Kevin Wack measures the dangers these
drivers pose, evaluates the effectiveness of efforts to crack down, and
looks at what else could be done.
Putting on the brakes Prevention requires public education, even-tougher penalties, officials say.
[January 22, 2008]
Drugs, suspensions fit pattern in teacher's death The collision that killed Harold Weisbein happened in a matter of seconds. But like many other fatal crashes involving suspended drivers, it was years in the
making.
CONTRARY to the image Mainers are a 'special bunch of people' that look out for each other, it does not sound like Mainers are too concern about hurting other Mainers by hopping into a vehicle with a suspended license and/or drunk and killing other Mainers, does it? BS that image of Maine residents. Its hog washreport abuse
john anybody
of portland, ME
Jan 20, 2008 7:46 AM
Love the format and lots of information. In the future please put the time for your video next to it like everyone else does!!!!report abuse
pottymouth
of portland, ME
Jan 20, 2008 7:51 AM
August 3 2006 Grover is convicted of driving with a license?? I know this is a lot of information but does anyone proof read this????report abuse
ForJustice
of Old Orchard Beach, ME
Jan 20, 2008 8:46 AM
I feel for the victims, but this has been a problem for so long and the $100.00 fine is leading to death on the highway. The Courts have to get Justice for victims, hold offenders accountable. The days of the five year sentence with all but 9 months suspended are over, hit them with the five years! What we need are minimum mandatory sentences for crimes, that scares the so called Justice System. Maine is so soft on crime and people are dying for it, we need leadership. Our Attorney General is more worried about headlines than justice, we need a strong Attorney General! A Governor that will appoint some tough Judges, enforce the law and think of a strange concept “victims rights”!report abuse
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KEVIN WACK joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in January 2004 and is the newspaper's investigative
reporter. He was part of a reporting team that won a Publick Occurrences Award in 2007 from the New England Newspaper Association for articles on the classroom struggles
of boys. He has also won state and regional awards for investigative reporting on a brain-harvesting operation at the state morgue. He graduated from Stanford University
and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and has worked for The Associated Press.
ANDREW RUSSELL joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in May 1996 as a reporter and was named city editor in September
2002. He has edited numerous award-winning stories and series, including "The New Gender Gap," about boys' struggles in the classroom, and the newspaper's coverage
of the military base closure process. He graduated from Norwich University and has worked for daily newspapers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
SUZI PIKER joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in May 2007 and is an online content producer. She helped produce
"A Legacy of Ships" last year, focusing on video and audio storytelling components. She graduated from Skidmore College and has worked for Boston
magazine.
JEFF WOODBURY, a Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram online artist, moved to Maine in 2005 after spending eight years in New
York, where he worked as an infodesigner in midtown Manhattan for five years. He has won several awards from the Maine Press Association. He and his wife have two
children.
Harold Weisbein, Jr.
Tina Turcotte
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