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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? Charged with a Crime? Please call (800) 759-5813.
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Via Lawrence Taylor, comes a report that MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) was rated poorly by several charity watchdog groups about it’s spending practices. According to the sources Charity Watch and Charity Navigator, MADD spends 2/3s of it’s budget on staff, salaries, and overhead, leaving only one third for “charitable work and victims services”. Charity Navigator rates [...]
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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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Ohio now lists “habitual offenders” with 5 or more DUI (OVI) arrests on a public state database. Is the purpose of this to warn the public, create a shaming disincentive, or simple keep the flow of public information? The fact is, it is unfair to compare very old drunk driving charges to more recent ones. [...]
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The Minnesota Supreme Court recently upheld a DWI conviction where the car wouldn’t start, and there was no evidence that the person had driven the car at all. The defendant in this case was parked legally at his apartment complex, the keys were on the console, not in the ignition, and the car was cold, [...]
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In an unusual move, the US Supreme Court will hear a case that could alter or overrule the Melendez-Diaz decision, a case from just six months ago.
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A good article in the cape cod times on the dangers of drowsy driving. The article cites statistics from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration that shows that drowsy driving is a factor in over 1500 road fatalities and 100,000 accidents a year. Yet in most cases there is no criminal penalty for knowingly [...]
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Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court John Roberts thinks states that don’t allow police to stop drivers based on anonymous tips are endangering the public, but the court as a whole did not agree to hear a case that would have challenged some lower court rulings on this matter.
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Massachusetts is considering new drunk driving laws that would require an ignition interlock device for anyone convicted of even a first offense drunk driving charge (OUI).
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The new $500 billion highway bill currently working it’s way through the legislative process has a new requirement for the states: mandatory ignition interlock devices for anyone convicted of even a first offense drunk driving charge. According to The Hill, this mandate would withhold federal transportation funding to any states that don’t comply with this [...]
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