Drunk Driving DUI Law

The American Automobile Association says federal numbers show motor vehicles fatalities increase an average of 30 percent when Halloween falls on a weekend. And more than half of those are alcohol related.
AAA urges parents to dress children in bright reflective costumes or add reflective tape to costumes or treat buckets.
For adults headed to parties AAA [...]

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Experts say its not just the holidays, but tough economic times are also making more people turn to addictive behaviors like drinking and drugs as a way to coupe with stress.
And because Halloween is on a Friday this year, that could mean more drunk drivers on the road as people use the holiday to relieve [...]

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It’s probably not a good idea to leave a beer can on the bumper of an automobile unless one wants to send a signal to law enforcement that an intoxicated driver may be behind the wheel.
Such is the lesson a Dublin man learned Saturday as he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence [...]

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With the help of a recently awarded grant, South Lake Tahoe police expect to ramp up drunk-driving enforcement over the coming year.
The department will have extra officers looking for intoxicated drivers at least twice a month on either Friday or Saturday nights – with more during holiday periods – over the next year, according to [...]

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The first official state memorial marker for an Illinois DUI victim was erected in the north Chicago suburbs. The blue sign is a legal substitution for homemade signs often placed at the scene of a deadly drunk driving accident. The signs urge motorists not to drive under the influence in Illinois and can honor a [...]

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Luis Vizcaino, relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies baseball team, was DUI in Tampa Bay, Florida. Vizcaino was spotted driving 71 mph in a 45 zone around 1:30 am Monday morning. When officers initiated a traffic stop, he abruptly stopped his red Cadillac sedan in the outside lane. Police detected alcohol and Vizcaino admitted to [...]

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A Department of Public Safety contractor failed to inspect breath testing equipment as required by law, and then faked maintenance records to indicate that she had. As a result, at least 2,600 arrests for driving while intoxicated in the Houston area are in question.
Texas law requires that breath testing equipment be calibrated once a month [...]

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A 30-year-old New Port Richey police officer was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol troopers early this morning, accused of drunken driving and causing a crash that injured him and his two passengers.
Officer Christopher John Sutherlin was driving a 2006 Nissan pickup south of U.S. 19 about 20 miles over the 55-mph speed limit and slammed [...]

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If you are convicted of a DUI, more often than not, your insurance company will find out about the DUI and will deal with you in one of two ways. Typically, your rates will go up, sometimes substantially, or, the company will simply cancel your policy. If your insurance company raises your premiums but keeps [...]

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Newport Police Chief Michael Capriglione, who heads the New Castle County Checkpoint Strikeforce, says police set up a checkpoint from 9 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday at 141 North and Interstate 95.
Police say two Wilmington men were arrested after officers found marijuana and a concealed handgun at a DUI checkpoint in New Castle.
Capriglione says [...]

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