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Official figures have been released regarding traffic related deaths in the state of California.  For the fourth consecutive year, 2009 saw a pretty sizable decline in California DUI and drunk driving related deaths since a high of nearly thirteen hundred in 2005.  Increases in officers on the streets, specific patrols targeting potential DUI suspects and DUI [...]

A direct comparison of the DUI incidents in Scottsdale through August 31 of 2010 to the same period in 2009 shows a whopping decrease of nearly 800 arrests this year.  Officials attribute the major decline in DUI and drunk driving related offenses to the diligence of the officers who are on patrol.  Arizona DUI arrests [...]

Getting arrested for a DUI or drunk driving related offense could be a crippling blow to how you currently live your life.  A drunk driving conviction could not only result in the revocation of your driving privileges, but may subject you to fines that you don’t have the money to cover and possibly even a [...]

Though fewer than half of all states have mandatory requirements for the installation of breath alcohol ignition interlock systems, a number of other states allow the use and the laws concerning ignition interlock systems are changing every day. Breath alcohol ignition interlock systems certainly have the power to help prevent multiple offenders from continually operating [...]

The AVOID program is a nationwide showing of increased presence of law enforcement that takes place at select times throughout the year in order to stop potential drunk drivers and DUI offenders.  The most recent AVOID efforts in Sonoma County began on August 20th and lasted eighteen days and results in 155 California DUI arrests. [...]

There are a number of states that have begun to increase police activity for busy weekends, but the Delaware DUI checkpoints for the Labor Day Weekend were particularly successful.  More than twenty agencies participated in the checkpoints and increased patrols that led to more than fifty arrests fro driving under the influence. Being arrested for [...]

Many people who get arrested for a DUI or drunk driving offense feel as though they are already in a good bit of financial trouble with the impending fines and insurance increases that they may face if convicted.  They think that they should save the money it will cost for legal representation and represent themselves [...]

All over the county police forces were on high alert during this holiday weekend, participating in special checkpoints and roving patrols designed to catch drivers who were operating vehicles under the influence.  The increased efforts proved to be quite successful in many areas of the country, especially in the San Francisco Bay area where police [...]