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A trend that has been sweeping legislatures across the country has hit North Carolina. Currently 29 states mandate ignition interlocks for all DWI offenses, and a group of lawmakers want North Carolina to be number 30. An ignition interlock, or car breathalyzer, prevents a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking. States which …
Drunk driving is an unusual crime for a couple of reasons. One is that, unlike other crimes, it comes with its own measurable, standardized physical evidence. Test a driver for alcohol, and you know whether or not you have a drunk driver on your hands. The other side of the coin is that the evidence …
The message: you can’t kill someone with a vehicle while drunk and not serve jail time. That’s the essence of the bill that the North Carolina House approved recently. At the core of the argument surrounding the bill is judicial discretion – the belief that a judge should have leeway in sentencing offenders because each …
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Wrong-way drivers are one of the most lethal results of drunk driving. It’s just a wrong turn or a sign ignored, but in seconds you will see cars scatter and swerve. You’ll hear horns blare and too often then the crunch of metal on metal. It’s …
This story has everything – or at least, everything that has come to typify our offbeat drunk driving stories. See if we’ve missed any elements. Sports figure. The story concerns David Parry, defensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts, who was recently arrested in Scottsdale. According to the NFL Player Arrest database maintained by USA Today, …
Most of us love donuts, but we consider them a guilty pleasure, not a device for saving lives. But recently MADD partnered up with Dunkin’ Donuts in Arizona to rally the latter’s circular pastries to the cause of ending drunk driving. And it worked. On February 28th public-safety-minded and donut-minded citizens of Arizona could purchase …
All right. Let’s see what we can learn from this one. Arizona troopers last week got a report of a rollover near 56th Street in Phoenix. They arrived and found the crashed truck – but no driver. It didn’t take long to locate the one responsible for the rollover. A man fell out of a …
It never ends well, but some people try it anyway. After an Arizona DUI, an ignition interlock device is mandatory. Most people get with the program and drive responsibly, but a few think they can bypass an ignition interlock, which prevents a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking. A woman in Phoenix …
