Drunk Driving DUI Law

The number of DUI arrests made by the East Valley DUI Task Force the first three days after Thanksgiving are down compared to last year, according to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

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The California Highway Patrol is reporting 75 drunken driving arrests in the county so far this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
During the same period last year, CHP officers made 92 DUI arrests in the county.
The only fatalities reported countywide this weekend occurred in Balboa Park at midnight, when a driver and passenger were killed in a rollover [...]

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When going to a DUI hearing maybe dress up a bit; maybe get there early.Above all,just don’t drink before you go!
A judge tossed the 23-year-old Hatboro man in prison Tuesday after he arrived drunk and disheveled at Horsham district court for a preliminary hearing on a DUI charge stemming from an Oct. 16 arrest in [...]

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A Van Buren mailman was charged with DWI in Van,Buren, AK last weekend. The Arkansas DUI suspect was driving a government postal van when he was stopped on suspicion of AR DWI. The suspect, 56, was booked for Arkansas DWI-2 because of a 2005 conviction for drunk driving.
The Van Buren police said the mail vehicle [...]

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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 was [...]

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As I have posted before, Halloween is a big day for DUI’s. Recently the Austin police department released there results for arrest for drunk driving on Halloween. Over an eight hour period, the APD arrested 54 people on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Austin.
Twenty six of those refused to submit to a breath test, [...]

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The seriousness of a DUI is very real people. Maybe you won’t go to jail for a 1st time DUI that was not fatal, but it will be a start.
A man on parole for his fifth drunken-driving conviction was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Wednesday for causing a collision on a San [...]

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A 37 year old male of Longview was released from jail yesterday on $6,000 in bonds, charged with evading arrest and DUI with an open container of alcohol.
According to Longview Police Department reports , he was stopped Sunday night at the intersection of Annette Drive and Ron Street on suspicion of traffic violations.
The officer reported [...]

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With video devices being so cheap and available(I have one for my Crown Vic) everyone, including lawyers, are wondering why video is usually absent in DUI cases. Obviously, it could be used as the biggest piece of evidence either way. A Utah DUI lawyer(Jason Schatz) is angry with the matter:
“It’s only fair to those people [...]

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No matter how many DUI arrest stories I hear, they never seize to amaze me. Drunks sure make themselves look dumb!
An unidentified man from New South Wales Australia was arrested for riding under the influence after complaints from motorists about a man drinking and yelling as he was riding along a local road on his [...]

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