Chicago DUI lawyer wonders if you are worried about DUI's becoming the Scarlet Letter Crime

On the one hand we often think of southern states as those who really don't want the government meddling in the lives and rights of folks, but then you get struck by the reality of just how far southern states want their government to control and label citizens.  Right now, there is legislation pending in Tennessee that would require all convicted DUI offenders to purchase a special "Scarlet Letter" license plate.

Tennessee House Bill 1837

Bill Summary

This bill requires a judge to order a person convicted of DUI to obtain, from the department of revenue, a yellow license plate for the offender's vehicle that bears the words "DUI OFFENDER" in red letters. The license plate would have to remain on the offender's vehicle for:

(1) If the person's driver license is suspended or revoked because of the DUI and the offender is issued a restricted license, the entire period the offender is driving on a restricted license and for one year following the date the offender's driver license is reinstated;
(2) If the offender's license is not suspended or revoked, for one year following the person's conviction.

I wonder what Hester Prynne and little Pearl would think? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne been such a seer of our modern times in the 21st-century?