Today’s college students are finding new ways to get drunk faster. Whether its drinking a beer with a straw to chugging sugary alcoholic drinks. But you should always watch your alcohol intake and the excessive drinking will always increase your blood alcohol content. Check out how sugar plays a role in the drunkenness in this [...]
The local authorities will be setting up checkpoints for DUI stops in the Southeastern Pennsylvania area the night before Thanksgiving. Long thought of as the busiest “bar” night of the year, the entire nation will probably have similar activities and the arrests unfortunately will pour in. Make no mistake about it, if you are caught [...]
The typical DUI arrest takes place in a car, as police officers try to prevent land-bound drivers from hurting themselves or passengers in other cars. Arrests for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, though, rarely happen in the sky. Such an incident, however, occurred a few years ago when a United Airlines pilot [...]
Former mayor Cliff Thompson was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident on November 15. Police were quoted as saying he was under the influence of prescription medication. He was detained for seven hours before appearing coherent. With political implications a fair trial may not be easy to come by. The former mayor has [...]
Rodney King, once the victim of an infamous incident of police brutality, was arrested for a DUI offense this summer, and this week he entered a plea of not guilty during an initial court appearance. King, who is African-American, was the subject of a brutal beating by four white police officers after a seemingly routine [...]
The Intoxilyzer 8000 is being used in many Kansas counties at dui arrest scenes. The unit has been used in other states and many DUI convictions and arrests have been overturned. Cases in Florida and Ohio were thrown out as its results are seen as unreliable in many cases. Sumner County prosecutor Evan Watson has [...]
Librarians, particularly older and more established ones, don’t seem like the most likely culprits for a DUI arrest. A recent DUI incident in New York City, however, challenges this unfair assumption, and serves as a reminder that drunk driving is not solely an activity for the young and foolish. According to the New York Post, [...]
Teenagers, alcohol, and late-night driving are a recipe for disaster, as was recently shown in a tragic DUI-related accident that recently occurred in northern California. According to the San Mateo County Times, Sean Quintero, a 19-year-old resident of San Francisco who had been drinking and partying on that fatal night, was involved in a serious [...]
The Kalispell Municipal Court has an intensive program that aids the arrested person to stop drinking or doing drugs. This is a post sentencing track that the arrested and convicted DUI offender can volunteer for. The program began in 2009 and during that time only 9 people who volunteered dropped out. It is a long [...]
The latest available statistics from 2009 show that California DUI related accidents and fatalities are trending down. This was announced during the news conference that was called to highlight the added DUI measures that San Diego will be taking up during the holiday season. Grant money to make the highways safer has long been a [...]