Insurance Journal » driving while intoxicated http://www.insurancejournal.com Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property/Casualty insurance industry Fri, 24 May 2013 18:57:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New York Troopers Issue 33,000 Tickets Through Holidays http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/01/04/276049.htm Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:16:08 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=276049 New York State Police say they issued more than 33,000 traffic tickets and arrested 538 people for driving while intoxicated statewide in a campaign that began Dec. 14 and continued through the holidays until Jan. 1.Part of a national campaign, …

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]]> Dallas Cowboys Player Death Raises Question of Safety Net http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/12/12/273685.htm Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:36:08 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=273685 San Francisco 49ers defensive end Demarcus Dobbs walked away from a one-vehicle accident on his 25th birthday last month and was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Less than two weeks later, with the NFL rocked by the car crash …

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]]> Dallas Cowboy Charged After Player Dies in Auto Accident http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/12/11/273530.htm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:28:45 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=273530 Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown. Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident happened about 2:20 a.m. on Dec. 8 …

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]]> Texas Deputy Police Chief Wants Permanent DWI Checkpoints http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/12/07/273183.htm Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=273183 A deputy police chief in South Texas has asked legislators to consider setting up permanent DWI checkpoints to save lives. San Antonio police Deputy Chief Anthony Trevino appeared in Austin before the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. The San Antonio …

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]]> Wisconsin Woman Cited for Three DWI Crashes in Three Hours http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/10/31/268598.htm Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:45:04 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=268598 A Verona, Wis., woman has been cited for drunken driving after the 21-year-old allegedly caused three crashes in less than three hours. Authorities say the woman acknowledged being responsible for all three collisions in Dane and Green Counties. She was …

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]]> North Dakota Man with 14 DUIs Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2012/10/17/266932.htm Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:37:21 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=266932 A West Fargo, N.D., man has pleaded guilty to his 14th drunken driving charge and been sent to prison. Sixty-year-old Kevin Tegtmeier was sentenced to four years behind bars, a year less than the maximum possible term requested by prosecutors. …

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]]> ‘DUI Hotel’ in Allegheny County, Penn., Offers Offenders 2nd Choice http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/10/04/265587.htm Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:59:26 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=265587 Nearly 30 years after state legislators imposed stricter punishments for drunken drivers, an Allegheny County program allows them to serve mandatory jail terms in a hotel. The county’s DUI Alternative Jail Program, known to some as “DUI Hotel,” is a …

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