Drunk Driving DUI Law

A proposed law tied to DUI offenders is heading to the Governor Phil Bredesen’s desk. The bill requires some convicted drunk drivers to install a breathalyzer device in their car that can lock and unlock their ignition. The interlock would be required for anyone convicted of DUI with a blood alcohol content of .15 or [...]

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Montana leads the nation in the number of traffic related fatalities per mile traveled. It’s a statistic Montana’s Attorney General Steve Bullock said goes hand-in-hand with a large drinking and driving problem in the state. In 2008, authorities made 940 DUI arrests in the Billings area. These arrests were made by the Montana Highway Patrol, [...]

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The Kansas House and Senate are at odds on requiring first-time drunken driving offenders to install ignition interlock devices on their vehicles for a year. The impasse Thursday threatened legislation designed to prevent budget problems for the state Department of Corrections. “I don’t know quite where we go from here,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman [...]

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A York County lawmaker is taking on a portion of the state DUI law that allows repeat drunk drivers to get away with lighter punishment. State Rep. Seth Grove, R-Dover, has introduced legislation that will allow people who are arrested twice on DUI charges before their first conviction, to be sentenced as repeat offenders. “We [...]

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by Sheri Heffelfinger The Montana legislature’s Law and Justice Interim Committee invites public comment on its preliminary bill drafts concerning Montana’s DUI laws. These preliminary bill drafts are posted on the committee’s website at http://leg.mt.gov/css/Committees/Inte…ation.asp. These bill drafts are not finalized recommendations so they do not yet appear in the LAWS data base. The bills [...]

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Port Orchard mayor, Lary Coppola, admitted on Monday that he was arrested for a DUI over the weekend, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “As a person who has always accepted responsibility for my actions,” he said, “I will do so in this instance as well, no matter how it turns out, and expect no special [...]

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Abdul Walters has to get up at 4:30 a.m. and catch two buses to make it to work on time. He rides his bike to his second job. He asks for rides from friends. He has trouble getting his two daughters where they need to go. Walters, 28, of Harrisburg, saw his driver’s license suspended [...]

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Video Courtesy of KSL.com SALT LAKE CITY — Underage drinking is illegal. “They’re under 21. They shouldn’t have been drinking,” says defense attorney Cara Tangaro. Drinking and driving is illegal. “Obviously, we don’t want kids to drink, and we don’t want them to be in an automobile,” says Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay. Kids who [...]

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