A City Commissioner in Kentucky charged with Drunk Driving has pleaded guilty, after an incident where he ran through two stop lights. Facing a Criminal Charge? Please call (800) 759-5813.
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Drunk Driving
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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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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Online registries for sex offenders are searchable across the country—allowing people to find out where those convicted of sex crimes live and what their offense was. It makes the public feel safe and it gives the lawmakers who proposed and passed the bills a sort of political clout, as they seem most interested in public [...]
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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.
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There was an article in the Washington Post about technology being developed to passively detect alcohol consumption, to be installed in all new vehicles. Any system that can stop drunk driving before it happens is worth discussing, both pros and cons. Any such technology always comes down to a public safety vs. civil liberties trade-off. Is [...]
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A New Mexico company is hoping to stop drunk drivers by stopping alcohol sales to anyone convicted of a DWI.
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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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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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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?
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