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It goes without saying that a person’s sex should have no bearing on whether one is arrested for DWI. The law is clear: a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 is considered legal intoxication, and anyone – male or female – who is arrested with that amount of alcohol in their blood is in for …
Any drunk driving incident is a crime, and a hazard to the driver and people around him or her. But when drunk driving becomes a habit, the danger is multiplied. That is why states rightly take stronger measures with a habitual drunk driver. Penny Seagroves of Zebulon has been convicted eight times for impaired driving …
The purpose of Memorial Day is remembrance. A lot of soldiers died to keep our country safe and free, and they are deserving of a day devoted to their sacrifice. It’s a sad irony that this day honoring fallen soldiers is known for casualties of its own: the weekend is one of three – the …
A couple of things we know about high school-age teens: they engage in risky behavior, and they don’t get enough sleep. And now a CDC study suggests that these two facts are related. The Center for Disease Control found that almost 70 percent of teens reported that they don’t get enough sleep on an average school …
They’re easy to spot along the road, on a shoulder or at an intersection. A cross, a photograph, perhaps a teddy bear, some flowers. They not only commemorate a life lost on the road, they also mark the spot on which the life was lost. In Arizona, they’re illegal, and that seems wrong to the …
Even if you don’t study mixed martial arts, you can use your feet to deliver a powerful blow against drunk driving this May. You can walk. Saturday, May 21st is the Raleigh Walk Like MADD 2016. The event is a walk to raise funds for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). As a participant you can …
Last Tuesday the North Carolina General Assembly heard an impassioned plea: strengthen the state’s ignition interlock laws to prevent drunk driving. The speakers included Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) president Colleen Sheehey-Church and MADD North Carolina Executive Director LaRonda Scott. The law that would do the job is North Carolina HB 877/SB 619. Known as …
As expected, the The City of Phoenix Police Department were out in force on Cinco de Mayo, ready to apprehend any drunk drivers who might have made it onto the road. This time the police also sent out another kind of workforce to aid the fight against drunk driving: they released a set of drunk …
