There is no proper dress code for a DUI arrest, but potential drunk drivers should know that wearing nothing but underwear and socks could complicate an already difficult evening on the road. According to a recent, tongue-in-cheek, report from the Chicago Tribune, an Illinois man wearing very little clothing (on a cold winter day, no [...]
The state of Minnesota has identified thirteen counties that have had the most DUI fatalities and arrests for an increase in DUI prevention efforts. This could mean more checkpoints and other patrol measures that will be partially funded by the state’s Department of Public Safety. The rest of the funds will be from the individual [...]
Against her wishes, former Miss USA Rima Fakih will have to soon face trial for her alleged DUI after a Michigan judge refused to give the beauty queen more time to prepare her defense, according to a report from The Detroit News. District Judge Brigette Officer told Fakih that legal proceedings had dragged on long [...]
Rima Fakih, the first Arab –American woman to wear the Miss USA crown, was arrested for a DUI in December and will stand trial in March after pleading not guilty. The former beauty queen was given two BAC tests and both times registered nearly twice the legal limit. In an associated press report her attorney [...]
An off duty Oregon State Policeman was charged last month with a DUI. At his arraignment the officer filed to participate in the Oregon DUI diversion program. Officer Mitchell Hurliman has been on restricted duty since the incident. The Oregon DUI diversion program carries many requirements – the most important would be that the applicant [...]
The results of a recent study suggest that man are almost three times more likely than woman to be arrested for driving drunk, a finding that is sure to spur plenty of debate between the opposite sexes. According to a report from KIVI-TV in Boise, Idaho, which cited evidence offered on an auto insurance website, [...]
The celebrations director for Butte Montana may have been celebrating a bit too hard prior to getting behind the wheel of her car. The woman responsible for overseeing the St. Patrick’s Day and Fourth of July festivities for the city has pled guilty to a Montana DUI charge according to a Montana Standard news report. [...]
A routine DUI traffic stop in northern California ended in a bloody melee, as a man trying to escape a DUI arrest was gunned down by police after he reached for his own weapon, according to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Sources indicate that the 42-year-old driver, whose identity has not yet [...]
The Lincoln County sheriff’s office has received six new breathalyzers from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety. These devices replace older models and have a cup to blow into instead of a tube making them easier to use. The new units are also more sensitive which will allow the most accurate readings in the breath [...]
The tragic death of a pedestrian due to a DUI accident hit a Florida community hard last week, but the bizarre survival of the walker’s dog offered a unique story of its own. A man who was kayaking in the Gulf of Mexico discovered the pedestrian’s injured dog struggling to swim several hundred yards off [...]