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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 …
It has to be a record of some sort. Not too long ago, a man in Maynard, Massachusetts was arrested for Drunk Driving. Police knew something was up because the front right tire was completely gone. Back last November, a man in Riverside, Illinois was arrested for driving without two front tires – and, of …
One of the most contested areas in drunk driving law is sobriety test refusal. Many drivers are not sure if they are allowed to refuse a breath, blood, or urine test after a DUI arrest. Adding to the confusion is that there are generally two tests – the breath test given by an officer at …
Arizona has a reputation for a no-nonsense attitude toward drunk driving. Part of the state’s response to the offense is the Arizona ignition interlock requirement, a measure which has been in place there since 2007. An ignition interlock, or car breathalyzer, prevents a vehicle from starting if the driver has been drinking. All people convicted of …
Statistics are an important part of how we think of drunk driving. Numbers are the way we choose to make our case. In Arizona, for example, some two hundred people die each year because of alcohol-impaired driving. That’s a quarter of all driving fatalities. Seventy-five percent of those had a blood alcohol concentration of .015 …
Major sporting events attract crowds and drinkers, which means that drunk driving isn’t far behind. To make the problem known, the Scottsdale Police Department conducted an educational program called “Know Your Limit” at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The program raises awareness of the prevalence of drunk driving by asking volunteers to blow into a …
If you play or follow golf, you know how important drivers are: they get the ball going the farthest. At the Waste Management Phoenix Open, police are going to be concentrating on drivers of a different type: the intoxicated ones that leave the event to make their way home by car, endangering themselves and everyone …
It’s a true California story: wine, tourists, sunshine, and the Pacific Coast Highway. Recently an Arizona couple went on a wine tour through Sonoma County, sampling vintages at several wineries and then getting back on Highway 101. Witnesses saw the car veer into the oncoming lane and then onto the shoulder. The car pulled over …
