Drunk Driving DUI Law

With Super Bowl Sunday right around the corner, police everywhere are setting up to catch drunk drivers, but in actuality will mainly be pestering the innocent. Because of this, I offer this post as a fair warning. Remember, police cannot setup a DUI or sobriety Checkpoint unannounced so check your local news if you intend [...]

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Police officers in the Tucson Police Department received a large state grant in order to better enforce DUI laws in the coming year. The funds will be allocated to enforcement of existing traffic laws through selective enforcement efforts, often called saturation patrols. Part of this enforcement includes a DUI checkpoint scheduled in the area this [...]

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A Virginia legislative committee will take a hard look Monday at tightening more than a dozen DUI laws currently in place. A House committee is looking a package of bills that would change a number of laws, including the use of ignition interlocks on cars for anyone convicted of drunk driving. “Right now, to get [...]

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A city attorney in Missoula is requesting that all DUI trials be held before a jury in an attempt to get stiffer sentences. Jim Nugent recently made the request amid concerns some people accused of drunken driving were waiving their right to a jury trial in hopes of getting a lighter sentence from a judge. [...]

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A DUI suspect who is accused of crashing a Lexus into a block wall told Mesa police he knew he wasn’t supposed to be driving on a suspended license, but that he wanted to test drive the uninsured car because he was thinking of buying it. The suspect, 37, of Gilbert, was found a block [...]

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