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Police in Chandler, Arizona work hard to catch drunk drivers. That’s why, presumably, they find it galling that people arrested for DUI manage to escape the consequences. How do they escape? Some don’t show up for their court appearance. Others don’t follow the orders given by the court: do community service, install an ignition interlock, …
We’re the first to admit that having an ignition interlock takes a bit of getting used to, though the most advanced devices are designed to be accurate and easy to use. At the very least, you’re adding a new habit – the breath test – to the ritual of driving a car. Some people wonder …
In an effort to catch more drunk drivers, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department DWI Task Force is going incognito. All of its officers now drive unmarked police cars. The purpose of the change is obvious – to catch more impaired drivers. And so far, according to news reports, the method is working. Arrests are up. Are …
Too much vanilla extract can do more than give your custard an aftertaste. It can also give you a police record. Alcohol: Forbidden for Drivers, Mandatory for Vanilla Federal law states that vanilla extract must be at least 35 percent alcohol, and have 100 grams of vanilla beans per litre. 35 percent alcohol is 70 …
It’s Halloween, your chance to be someone you can’t normally be: Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Captain America, Catwoman…go ahead, indulge your fantasy. But consider being, at the same time, a superhero that doesn’t require a costume. You can be a Halloween designated driver at tonight’s party. No need to buy a costume, or duct-tape one together frantically …
In fixing drunk driving charges, most states make a distinction between run-of-the mill intoxicated and extremely drunk. The principle is that it’s worse to drive if the alcohol level is high enough to make a driver unable to control his or her vehicle at all. Some states use “drunk” and “super drunk.” Arizona, however, has …
Thousands of people visit bars in Scottsdale, Arizona every weekend. A staggering number of them will decide to drive home drunk. There will be some hard-core drunk drivers who haven’t yet been caught. A few newbies, too. But a lot of those drunk drivers won’t realize they’re too impaired to drive. They have a very …
Trying to make sense of road safety data can be a frustrating exercise. A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration (NHTSA), for instance, notes that road deaths in Arizona rose last year by more than 7 percent. The total number of fatalities was 962, up from 897 the year before. Cause for …
