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...
Traffic Accident Deaths Still Increasing as Distracted Driving Reports Decline October 9, 2017 Traffic accident deaths in the U.S. continue to rise, even while deaths related to distracted driving decline. Pedestrian and motorcyclist...
Lawyers: Massachusetts Withheld Evidence About Breathalyzers August 28, 2017 Lawyers representing 750 drunken driving defendants in Massachusetts say the state withheld evidence that might show Breathalyzer results were flawed....
Kentucky Passes Bill to End Shock Probation in Fatal DUI Crashes March 15, 2017 A bill aimed at eliminating the option of shock probation for people convicted in fatal drunken driving crashes has cleared...
Drunk Driver Crashes Into Kentucky Food Truck Crowd Killing 2, Injuring 7 February 1, 2017 Two pedestrians were killed and seven others injured after police say a drunken driver whose blood-alcohol content was five times...
South Carolina Bar Sued For Overserving Motorcyclist Who Crashed, Killed Passenger May 26, 2016 A bar in Columbia, S.C., has been accused of serving so much alcohol to one of its underage patrons that...