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It was nice while it lasted. For fifty years, road deaths were on the wane in the US. It hasn’t been accidental: a concerted effort by legislators, political leaders, government organizations and road safety advocates led to safer roads across the nation. During that time those groups delivered what was needed: mandating safer cars and …
Drinking and driving is not an equal-opportunity crime. While you can find pre-teen drunk drivers and ones in their 70s and 80s, young people – including college drinkers – are over-represented in those ranks. Most are in the 21 to 34 group. Impulsiveness, immaturity, a youthful feeling of invincibility and peer pressure combine to make …
A bottleneck in Pitt County’s DWI process has just been widened. A new blood alcohol test lab has opened up at the Pitt County Detention Center to handle blood samples from DWI suspects. The bottleneck was a serious one, with some tests delaying court cases by years. When delays cause cases to be dismissed, drunk …
Arizona has been bragging of late. Headlines have been announcing that Scottsdale is the best city in the country for driving, and Tucson second best. Gilbert, Mesa and Chandler are also in the top six. The survey, performed by the financial site WalletHub, rated cities according to a number of factors that motorists judge make a …
Some good news for the Grand Canyon State: Arizona DUI arrests, as a percentage of traffic stops, were down over the Fourth of July weekend. So apparently Arizonans, if they’re still drinking, are doing it outside of the driver’s seat. There’s no mistaking the stats from Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. Sometimes arrests are …
Despite warnings, signs, news reports, tweets, and messages everywhere – including this blog – an astounding number of North Carolinians decided to drink and drive over Independence Day weekend. But how many drunk drivers were not caught? Estimates vary. The journal Injury Prevention gave these numbers: The probability of arrest while driving at a blood alcohol level …
Some people really don’t like drunk drivers. A couple of them are facing charges in Coconino County right now because – allegedly – they were so outraged that they took the law into their own hands to stop a drunk driver who was already on the road. According to police reports, Shane Tebo and Brandon …
Arizona is known for vacation fun on water and on the trails. But where there are boats and ATVs, there is beer, and where there is beer, drunk driving is a distinct possibility. Operating a boat or off-highway vehicle (OHV) while drunk is not just a crime but extremely dangerous. Enforcement of OUI (operating under the …
