Drunk Driving DUI Law

Rep. Jeffrey Wood was arrested for the third time in less than a year on suspicion of drunk driving Tuesday. The Wisconsin assemblyman was videotaped while performing sobriety tests when he was pulled over this week, where he falls after being told to walk in a straight line. A state aide reported today that the [...]

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Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin apparently wants to toughen Wisconsin’s drunk driving laws. In his own words he says he wants to sign a “good, strong bill” toughening drunken driving laws in Wisconsin. A DUI bill passed in the state last week that makes a 4th DUI a penalty instead of the 5th offense, but [...]

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Wisconsin could enable tougher drunk driving laws as soon as mid September. First, a 4th DUI will be considered a felony under the new law. Currently a 5th time DUI in Wisconsin is considered a felony. Also, on the bill co-sponsored by Republican Tony Staskunas is mandatory ignition interlock use for repeat offenders. The bill [...]

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a probable cause case where the defendant was unconscious, and therefore it was not possible for the officers to make any physical observations of his balance, coordination, or to do field sobriety testing. The honest officers involved in this case admitted that they didn’t smell an odor of alcohol [...]

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A few weeks ago, a group of Wisconsin lawmakers, amid the growing demands to deal more effectively with drunken driving violators, endorsed a proposal forcing certain first-time and repeat DUI offenders to install ignition interlock systems in their vehicles. These systems, once added, make it impossible for the perpetrator to start their car unless their [...]

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The number of deaths from snowmobile accidents is significantly higher in Wisconsin than in neighboring states, and Department of Natural Resources safety wardens say the majority of those accidents involve alcohol. In Wisconsin, one out of every 5,800 snowmobilers is killed during the winter. Compare that to one out of 18,000 snowmobilers in Minnesota and [...]

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A national report reveals that 15.1 percent of the nation’s drivers age 18 and older drove under the influence of alcohol at least once in the past year. The report says that in some states the levels are far higher – about one in four drivers. Nationwide, an estimated 30.5 million people aged 12 or [...]

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Wisconsin senior linebacker Jonathan Casillas was cited for drunken driving last month while riding a mo-ped. Casillas, who missed the eighth-ranked Badgers’ first two games because of a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, was stopped by a university police officer on Aug. 24 just after midnight. A breath test showed his blood [...]

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Wisconsin drunk driving law (DUI / OWI) prohibits a person from driving or operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a combination of alcohol and a controlled substance, or any other drug which makes a person less capable of safely driving. In this respect, the law does not [...]

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