Los Angeles, CA Lori Petty will serve five years probation after pleading no contest on Friday to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge. The actress issued a statement apologizing and vowed that it will be her last arrest on the charge. City Attorney’s spokesman Frank Mateljan said Petty entered the plea through her attorney and has [...]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, California DUI deaths have dropped 9.1% for the third year in a row. In 2007 nearly 1,132 people died in DUI accidents, while in 2008, the number decreased to 1,029. “With this third year of declines in DUI deaths, we can truly call [...]
Travis Peterson decided he was too drunk to drive home after attending a Dave Matthew Band Concert. The 19-year-old tried to sleep off his buzz in his car, but was awoken by a state trooped who ordered him to clear the lot. Gotta love the officer’s decision here. No doubt he also radio his friends [...]
Kansas University will be adding another requirement this year for some students. New students under the age of 22 will be required to take a two hour course on the affects and dangers of alcohol. The class is part of the initiatives the University is taking after two students died in unrelated alcohol incidents last [...]