Drunk Driving DUI Law

American Beverage Institute Says Mothers Against Drunk Driving Proposals are Ineffective and Target the Wrong People
The American Beverage Institute (ABI) denounced two proposals that MADD is pushing for Texas: implementing sobriety checkpoints and mandating the installation of ignition interlock breathalyzers in the cars of low-BAC (blood alcohol concentration) first-time offenders.
At its annual conference taking place [...]

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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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Houston has recieved a unique DUI patrolling vehicle of its own. Although, it is much different than the high tech police car in Arizona. For starters, it is a van known as the ‘Batmobile’. The Batmobile will be used to combat DUI’s in Houston, Texas.

The specialized van acts as a mobile lab that will enable [...]

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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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Lamarr Houston sat out one game for drunk driving in Austin, Texas.
Lamarr Houston, defensive tackle for the Texas Longhorns, has been reinstated after a one game suspension for driving while intoxicated in Austin.
Houston was arrested for DWI on August 31 after being involved in an accident in downtown Austin. The arrest came hours after Houston [...]

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An off-duty Tarrant County sheriff’s deputy witnessed a vehicle driving erratically and running a red light around 11:30 pm last weekend. The deputy contacted the Burleson Police Department for assistance in making a traffic stop, and the personal vehicle operated by off-duty Fort Worth police officer Autumn Wheat was pulled over.
After failing a field sobriety [...]

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Wichita Falls, TX.  Aug. 8 -    A man with nine previous drunken driving convictions was sentenced to life in prison.
Kenneth Chris Oneal, 58, received the maximum sentence Thursday after jurors convicted him of driving while intoxicated-repetition, his 10th drunken-driving related offense…
Well, you say, he may be an alcoholic, but he didnt have to choose [...]

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