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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 …
In his song “Worry Worry” the late blues singer B.B. King offered an excuse for a romantic transgression: “BABY! You know when I goofed last week I was high… you know when you’re high it don’t count.” And maybe in the world of love you can get away with it – though we’re not placing …
If you follow drunk driving issues – which have been in the news more and more lately – you might have heard of 24/7 sobriety programs. A new federal law makes it easier for states and municipalities to employ these programs as a measure to combat drunk driving. Incentive grants are designed to encourage the …
People under the influence of alcohol are not seeing far ahead, either literally or figuratively: their vision is impaired, and so is their ability to make judgments about the future. Just as they are less likely to see a pedestrian in the road, so they are less likely to understand the consequences of getting behind …
If you have had a DWI in North Carolina, or if you’ve heard war stories from friends who have been charged with drunk driving, you know that you’re in for a hassle. Apart from court appearances and the threat of jail time, there are many expenses that will come up. By the time the gavel …
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 …
