Massachusetts High Court to Weigh Fate of 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases December 6, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson On Wednesday, December 7, the Massachusetts high court is scheduled to begin considering a case that could result in the...
Indiana Mayor’s Blood Alcohol Was Twice State Limit When He Struck Car October 14, 2022 The mayor of Indiana’s second-largest city had a blood alcohol reading nearly twice the state’s limit for driving when he...
Delaware Man With 9 DUI Arrests Charged With Number 10 April 5, 2022 A Delaware man has been arrested and charged drunken driving for the 10th time, state police said. Authorities said 54-year...
Research Questions Accuracy of Smartphone Alcohol Breath Testers May 10, 2021 Alcohol breath testing devices that pair with smartphones are marketed as safety tools for general use, but their accuracy is...
Safety Groups Argue Curtailing Impaired Driving Requires Moving Beyond Fines, Jail Time December 9, 2019 Efforts to curtail impaired driving and related accidents by repeat offenders on the road should address the underlying problems prompting...
5th Circuit: No Assertion that Drunken Driving Equals Intention to Crash July 12, 2019 By Jim Sams If a drunken motorist collides with another vehicle, can the incident truly be called an accident? A federal judge in...
Traffic Fatalities Dropped in Texas in 2018 January 28, 2019 After seven straight years of increases, the number of traffic fatalities in Texas fell in 2018, the Insurance Council of...
Marijuana, Opioids Found in High Percentage of Drivers Killed in Car Crashes May 31, 2018 More than half of drivers killed in car accidents who were tested for drugs had marijuana, opioids or a combination...
Texan Who Used ‘Affluenza’ Defense in Fatal Accident Released from Jail April 4, 2018 Ethan Couch, who as a 16-year-old driver drunkenly struck and killed four pedestrians but dodged prison after suggesting at trial...
DWI Fatalities New Mexico Fell 16 Percent in a Year March 21, 2018 New Mexico’s DWI fatalities dropped 16 percent in 2017 from the previous year. Gov. Susana Martinez announced the decrease of...