Drunk Driving DUI Law

With the legislative session dwindling down to a precious few days, the man everybody knows simply as “the chairman” shuffled through the mounds of paperwork on his desk in search of fresh evidence to make his case. Other than the guard in the marbled lobby, Joseph F. Vallario Jr. (D-Prince George’s) was virtually the last [...]

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Prosecutors dropped a DUI charge against Chris Chelios, but a judge convicted the former Chicago Blackhawks defenseman of improper lane usage and speeding. Chelios, who was arrested in late December in Westmont, Ill., was sentenced Wednesday to six months of conditional discharge. He also received a $500 fine. “I want to put this behind me [...]

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HELENA – Montana lawmakers are working on a list of proposals to crack down on drunk driving. Some of the ideas include stripping driver’s licenses from those under 18 caught drinking, allow game wardens to issue tickets to minors caught drinking in the woods, along with a slew of tougher laws and proposed expansions in [...]

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A Lake Elsinore councilman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving charges. Councilman Thomas Buckley’s lawyer entered the pleas Tuesday to drunken driving and driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher. The 44-year-old councilman didn’t appear for the hearing in Southwest Justice Center in French Valley. Buckley, who survived a recall election [...]

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Wisconsin is known historically as a hotbed of social reforms, yet cracking down on drunken drivers has never been high on policymakers’ to-do list. Maybe that’s because so many have had to recite their ABCs on the side of the road. Big breweries once dominated the state and ties to the beer industry remain stout, [...]

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After years of dealing with the WASL testing, the citizens of the State of Washington decided to elect someone who would make changes to the state’s testing requirements. Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn, 56, has taken huge steps in changing the testing system however, on Sunday, March 28, Dorn was pulled over for speeding [...]

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At least one lawyer in Helena can see through the propaganda being spewed by lawyers trying to make more laws, in the guise of protecting us from drunk drivers. In an article on the front page of the March 7 edition of the IR, Yellowstone County Attorney Dennis Paxinos was quoted in reference to drunk [...]

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