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Kentucky City Commissioner Charged With Drunk Driving

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:17:12 +0000

A City Commissioner in Kentucky charged with Drunk Driving has pleaded guilty, after an incident where he ran through two stop lights. As reported on Cincinnati.com, the man was willing to admit his mistakes, saying he deeply regretted the incident and wanted to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. As part of his drunk driving plea, he [...]

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Congressman Looking to Stop Drunk Driving By Requiring Alcohol Sensors in New Cars In an attempt to stop all drunk driving, a new...
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Oregon To Require Ignition Interlock Devices for First Time Offenders

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:43:45 +0000

In a continuing nationwide trend, people convicted of drunk driving in the state of Oregon will likely now be required to have an Ignition Interlock Device (IID) installed in their vehicle, even on a first time offense. House Bill 3075 has passed the approval of lawmakers and now sits on Governor John Kitzhaber’s desk awaiting [...]

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Congressman Looking to Stop Drunk Driving By Requiring Alcohol Sensors in New Cars

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:09:05 +0000

In an attempt to stop all drunk driving, a new bill in Congress would fund development of alcohol detecting sensors in vehicles, to be required in all new vehicles. Congressman Heath Shuler (R-NC) has introduced legislation that would authorize funding for the ROADS SAFE Act, which stands for Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-related [...]

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Drunk Driving Registry On The Horizon?

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:11:56 +0000

We already have sex offender registries and some cities have gun offender registries as well. But if lawmakers in Maine get their way, there will soon be a similar system to identify drunk drivers in that state. If passed in Maine, it could set off a nationwide trend. But would such a system be worth [...]

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Car Alcohol Detection Bill Moves Forward

admin — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:12:21 +0000

A bill to provide research funding to develop passive alcohol detectors as standard equipment for all new vehicles is moving forward with 9 co-sponsors in the US Senate. These systems, that are still in the research and development stage, would most likely be able to detect alcohol consumption either through the skin, by touching the steering wheel, [...]

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Fighting Drunk Driving By Stopping Drinking

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:40:58 +0000

A New Mexico company is hoping to stop drunk drivers by stopping alcohol sales to anyone convicted of a DWI.According to New Mexico Business Weekly, the project would link state IDs or driver’s licenses at the point of the sale of alcohol (in a store or at a bar) with a state database of convicted [...]

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How Does a DUI/DWI Affect my Car Insurance?

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:02:42 +0000

Note: The Following is a guest post from CarInsuranceComparison.com There are many monetary and lifestyle changes in store for anyone convicted of a DUI/DWI. Second to legal issues, the first question is usually related to car insurance. Most drivers want to know how their car insurance is going to be affected by their DUI/DWI. That [...]

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DWI Laws in SD – Tough, not Adversarial

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:03:40 +0000

South Dakota has some of the toughest drunk driving laws in the country, particularly for multiple offenders. If you are convicted of a 2nd offense DWI, in addition to license loss and fines, you will be required to abstain from consuming any alcohol for a 3 month period. The program is South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety [...]

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Drunk Driving Campaigns – Public Safely or Hype?

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:08:13 +0000

As we head into another holiday weekend, there is an aggressive media campaign to prevent drunk driving and emphasize aggressive enforcement efforts. But do these efforts significantly reduce incidents of drunk driving? Are they an effective way to promote public safely? The federally funded campaign “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” is now in [...]

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Alcohol Detecting Sensors to Be Standard in All Cars Within 10 Years?

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:40:24 +0000

A bill to study alcohol sensing devices as standard equipment in vehicles is being supported by a number of congressmen and senators. A proposed amendment to the 2010 Motor Vehicle Safety Act, would calls for funding of $40 million over the next five years to develop alcohol detection sensors. These sensors could be in the [...]

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