Chicago DUI attorney comments on DUI driving permits and judges

This Chicago DUI attorney has posted here and here about the MDDP.  This program permits people accused of DUI to drive, as long as they drive a vehicle that has an installed BAIID.

Lately, there’s been a glitch in the program.  It seems judges are refusing to sign the permit.  All over the state judges have erroneously come to the conclusion that they get to decide whether a MDDP is issued. 

 There’s even one judge who routinely asks each defendant before him why on earth he should sign off on the MDDP.  Once this judge is satisfied that the defendant understands the judge doesn’t want to sign it, the judge follows the law and signs that MDDP.  Of course, that’s after he’s given the defendant and the court a piece of his mind about this situation.

This burden responsibility wasn’t supposed to belong to the judges at all. It’s really a very simple form that permits the accused to opt-into the MDDP or opt-out.  Luckily there is a movement afoot to remove the signature of the judges from the MDDP, no surprise if it’s discovered that the judges are all for this change.