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College students are bombarded with messages not to drink and drive. They’re the targets of web and TV ads, posters, and awareness campaigns. They have made an impression – drinking and driving is less prevalent than it used to be in past decades. However, people in the 18-25 age range are still the worst offenders. …
Shopping for birthday gifts isn’t always easy. It takes time, and you never know if you’ve bought the right thing. Gift cards are okay – but some people consider them impersonal or lazy. And face it – sometimes money is a problem. You want to give a gift that’s worthy of the recipient, but that …
A study just released from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that the rate of drunk driving is continuing to decline in the US. About 11.1 percent of respondents surveyed said they had driven drunk in 2014. In 2002, that number was 15.3 percent. It’s good news, but what’s going on? The …
Okay, it is news. The Arizona Cardinals wide receiver was found asleep at the wheel of his car in Scottsdale with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of .217, more than twice the legal level. This qualifies him for the designation of “super extreme DUI,” which carries stiff penalties. We said it’s not news because …
Insanity, they say, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That makes license suspension for DWI pretty crazy. Ronnie Lee Welch is today’s example. Recently he was charged with his 16th DWI in Gaston County. The judge, fed up with punishments that weren’t having effect, decided to stop the …
Last Thanksgiving Phoenix motorists dodged a couple of the most lethal bullets out there: wrong-way drivers. Police arrested two drivers who were headed the wrong way down the road in the wee hours. One, a woman, was arrested for Extreme DUI, which in Arizona means her blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was above 1.5, about twice …
Last Friday a few hundred lights were lit in Raleigh – 431, to be exact, marking the number of people who died as a result of impaired driving in the state. The lights are lit every year during the tree-lighting ceremony on the Capitol grounds. The Governor’s Highway Safety Program and Mothers Against Drunk Driving …
State, local and federal law enforcement officials are again banding together for a common purpose: to rid the state of impaired driving between now and the end of the year. It’s the annual Arizona DUI enforcement campaign launch. Yesterday these officials gathered at the state Capitol to officially announce the launch. The campaigns involve both …
