Drunk Driving DUI Law

The California Highway Patrol today said that so far this year holiday season DUI arrests are down statewide.
Officers have arrested 409 motorists for drunk driving and 11 people have been killed in DUI-related accidents statewide since Wednesday.
Last year at this time, the CHP tallied 13 drunk-driving related fatalities and 977 DUI arrests in the state.
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State officials, in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, announced a new holiday campaign aimed at reducing incidents of driving under the influence in Florida. The $7 million campaign targets drivers between the ages of 21 and 24, the group most likely to be involved in an alcohol related accident with fatality. Ads [...]

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Daughter of Bruton Smith injured in drunk driving crash.
NASCAR Daughter DWIThe 25 year old daughter of billionaire NASCAR racing mogul Bruton Smith has been formally charged with driving while intoxicated in North Carolina and driving with a suspended driver’s license. Anna Smith was involved in an accident on December 10 that left her seriously injured.
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Eat drink and be merry, just don’t get behind the wheel when you do. The likelihood of getting caught seems to be greater now than before because Traffic tickets, Dui arrests bring in money, something a lot of us don’t have or are reluctant to spend and here’s what you might encounter if you make [...]

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Editor’s note: This is the final part in a three-part series looking at impaired driving on the Kenai Peninsula.
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to know that driving under the influence is against the law. It’s as well known a fact as is that Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States. [...]

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Officers from the 21 police agencies in Alameda County are reminding drivers they will be out in full force this weekend, cracking down on those who drive drunk.
The agencies have made 413 DUI arrests through the “Avoid the 21″ campaign, which started Dec. 12.
The number of arrests is 10 percent lower than last year at [...]

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Tuesday night’s snowstorm turned out to be perfect Chicago Bears weather for former quarterback Robert Avellini, whose 2007 drunken driving charge was dismissed Wednesday because a former Wheaton police officer was unable to fly in from Florida to testify.
Noting the case had been set for trial seven previous times, DuPage Judge Ronald Sutter dismissed the [...]

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Come the new year the state of Illinois will undergo big changes to their DUI legal system. The new law for
Illinois DUI MDDP and Driving Permits here.

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The Loris Police Department was among eight law enforcement agencies chosen to receive a new police vehicle to use in traffic enforcement.
The department will get a new Dodge Charger police vehicle as part of the Law Enforcement Challenge program, in which more than 160 agencies throughout the state participated in from Dec. 14, 2007 to [...]

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The Sparks Police Department will be conducting a joint DUI checkpoint scheduled for the evening of December 20, 2008.
This will be one of the largest joint DUI Checkpoints in the region, with an estimated thirty or more officers participating, according to Sgt. Pat Dyer.
The Sparks police will act with the assistance of the Reno Police [...]

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