Drunk Driving DUI Law

A Colorado beer truck driver of got a DUI last week(while driving the beer truck). The suspect was driving a semi-truck loaded with beer when he overturned on a curved off-ramp. While not injured he was charged with driving under the influence in Colorado. The interstate exit was closed for 5 hours though no beer [...]

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A 51-year-old Longmont man was arrested at 9:40 p.m. Oct. 8 near the 700 block of Ken Pratt Boulevard on suspicion of a DUI, driving while his blood alcohol was more than .08, fictitious plates, careless driving and driving without his driver’s license. Police were dispatched to an unwanted person at the cosmetology school at [...]

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18-day effort that ended Labor Day weekend was part of national drunk driving campaign. Law enforcement agencies across the state made a total of 1,414 arrests for driving under the influence in Colorado during an 18-day crackdown. Dubbed ‘The Heat is On’, the anti-drunk driving campaign was part of the national effort titled ‘Drunk Driving. [...]

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Former Colorado Avalanche coach Joel Quenneville is due in court next month on a drunken driving charge. Police in the Denver suburb of Lone Tree say Quenneville was stopped around 8 p.m. Friday for driving without his headlights on. After further investigation, he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and failure to [...]

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Colorado DUI and DWAI arrests trigger two separate cases: the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) action, where a person’s driving privileges can be suspended, and the court case, where a variety of drunk driving (DUI) punishment is available. Colorado DUI laws state anyone charged with drunk driving, DUI or DWAI in Colorado, it is vital [...]

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