Happy Holidays from Monitech
Warmest wishes for a happy holiday and a safe New Year. Please drive safely and, of course, use a designated driver if you’re drinking. A lot depends on it. – Monitech Ignition Interlock
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Get Me to the Church On Time? But With a DUI…?
It’s up there with the worst wedding memories ever, probably. A woman in Marana, Arizona caused a three-car crash not long ago. She was arrested and tested for impairment. That in itself wouldn’t be big news, even in Arizona, which is fairly sane in the drunk driving world. But the woman was wearing a wedding …
A Scottsdale Crash Reveals the Nature of Extreme DUI
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 …
Arizona NFL Golf Cart DUI Story Has It All.
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, …
Is Drunk Driving in Arizona Too Common? In Phoenix DUIs Fall From Trees.
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 …
Throwback Thursday: 1950s Christmas Drunk Driving Message
As it is now, so it has always been: the holidays are a dangerous time of year on the roads. People were always aware of it, though, as evidenced by this PSA by the National Foundation for Highway Safety, a Connecticut-based group that seems to have disappeared or been absorbed into another body. (Hat tip …
9 Explanations You Can Give for Having an Ignition Interlock in your Car
If you’re ordered to install an ignition interlock in your vehicle, there’s a good reason for that: the courts and the public want reassurance that you won’t drive again while impaired. And we’ll assume you’re a responsible driver who won’t have any more violations. But you’ll still have the problem of explaining to your friends …
Phoenix Police Launch New Anti-DUI Weapon: The Meme
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 …