HOLY COW....is this guy still driving??????? i wonder what is wrong with legislation that they allow this kind of thing to occur repeatedly???
High profile problem driver
· By: Drivers.com staff
· Date: 1999-07-05
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When Richard Gnida was pulled over for running a stop sign in Detroit, USA in July, 1999, he was found to have a BAC level of 0.12, well over the legal limit. This was a serious offense, but for Gnida, even more serious. Because of his record, if he's convicted he faces up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine, and a minimum of a 5-year revocation of his license.
Gnida is eligible for the tough sentence because he has had three drunken driving convictions within 10 years, combined with a previous license revocation. But there are some who feel that this isn't enough. Gnida made the headlines two years ago when he drove a limousine into a tree, severely injuring two members of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team. He had just gotten his driving license back in April, 1999, after being released early from a 90-day sentence he had received for violating his probation from a nine-month sentence received as a result of the crash.
He had been ordered to undergo drug counseling, to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and to show up for court hearings to schedule 200 hours of community service. He was arrested for not fulfilling those requirements. He served 75 days of the 90-day sentence for breaking the parole agreement and was released March 1.
Gnida's driving privileges were revoked following the crash, but were reinstated in 1998 after he presented a certificate proving he had completed an outpatient abuse program to the state's driver license appeals division.
Previous to the Detroit crash that seriously injured Red wings defenceman
Vladimir Konstantinov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov, Gnida had been ticketed
twice for speeding and was convicted in 1994 of driving while impaired. In
1996, the Secretary of State's Office revoked Gnida's license for having more
than 12 points on his driving record. 
Comments
Paula, on Friday, 29. December 2006 at 06:57 PM
Vinny, on Saturday, 06. January 2007 at 09:23 PM
HOLY COW.....how much of an idiot are you Paula??????We all know what is wrong with legislation,they are just dumbasses
Patrick, on Thursday, 15. February 2007 at 10:32 AM
Being a class A truck driver I see 80,000lbs racing down the freeways with drunks behind the wheels; this guy aint shit
gnida sucks, on Thursday, 14. June 2007 at 01:34 AM
Richard Gnida, hope you rot in hell you bastard for what you did before you hurt someone else's life.
..., on Friday, 15. June 2007 at 10:45 PM
I can't believe that the state of Michigan allows this guy to still obtain a license.....Tell me it isn't to only help the automotive industry with each vehicle he wrecks...
Eric, on Thursday, 28. June 2007 at 04:18 PM
People just need to remember the very simple rule, "slower traffic keep right" Regardless if someone is speeding, if you remember that rule you will be OK. Because even if someone is going faster than you or the speed limit, you are now the slower traffic. Simple isn't it.
Mr T, on Thursday, 26. July 2007 at 10:25 AM
I pity the fool who hired this clown
meonlyme, on Friday, 21. September 2007 at 08:18 AM
that fool would have been John Gambino, still in operation just now working with a different name. Hard to beleive isnt it.
-----, on Monday, 15. October 2007 at 01:04 AM
My uncle is Richard Alan Gnida. He is a wonderful, amazing, strong and has made a mistake. If it had not been that he fell asleep at the wheel with "Red Wings" players this would not be a big deal and everyone would go on with their lives thinking nothing of it. It is ashame that people have the time of day to criticize someone when they themselves have done wrong if not worse. Its been years since the accident, he feels horrible and will have to live with it forever. Is there a reason you people still feel the need to keep taking about it?
