Drunk Driving DUI Law

Not long after a San Mateo County man with a valid driver’s license was sentenced to two years in jail for his ninth drunken driving conviction, a local legislator has called for a rule that would automatically revoke the licenses of motorists who are repeatedly over the limit and behind the wheel. “It’s incredible that [...]

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Montana has more fatal DUI’s per capita than any other state in the nation. And authorities say that is because penalties for DUI’s are too weak. Matt Anderson spends his days cooking at the Great Falls Pre- Release Center. But not by choice. He’s doing time for his 4th DUI. Anderson says, “I was at [...]

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A woman dressed as a geisha for Halloween was one of 14 drunken-driving suspects arrested last weekend in the biggest “no-refusal” enforcement ever conducted in Kane County. Thirteen police agencies — 11 municipal departments, the Kane County sheriff’s office and Illinois State Police — participated in the DUI crackdown on Friday and Saturday nights, the [...]

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MADD is integral in implementing a number of DUI legislation changes nationwide each year, and now the group is saying Maryland did not go far enough to increase legislation in a recent review. Maryland formed a special task force under the General Assembly to address the drunk driving problems in the state. Mostly, the group [...]

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A Wisconsin woman called 911 to report herself as a drunk driver, MyFoxAustin reported. “Somebody’s really drunk driving down Granton Road,” Mary Strey said during an Oct. 24 call to 911, according to tapes. Trying to determine the location of the reported drunk driver, the dispatcher asked Strey: “Okay are you behind them, or…” “No, [...]

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A Louisiana man will face up to 35 years in prison as a result of seven driving while intoxicated convictions. Yilver Ponce pleaded guilty to seven DWIs in a period of less than 10 years. His first guilty plea hit the books on 2000. He pleaded guilty to give DWI charges between July 12 and [...]

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