Drinking & Driving

Magistrate Tells Man Convicted of DWI to Kill Himself

A magistrate told a 20-year-old Detroit man convicted of drunk driving that he should kill himself.

Scare Students out of Drinking and Driving with a Hoax?

A California school district tried to scare students out of drinking and driving by making them believe that their classmates had been killed while drinking and driving. Although the hoax angered students and parents the school defended its action saying that it wanted students to experience real grief and be traumatized in an effort to prevent drinking and driving.

U.S. Army Promotes Personal Alcohol Breath Testers

US Army is distributing personal alcohol breath testers to soldiers and civilians to reduce drunken driving at Fort Jackson (SC), Fort Benning (GA), Fort Lee (VA), Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD), Fort Greene (AK), Fort Sam Houston (TX), Corpus Christie Army Depot (TX) and Fort Dix (NJ).

Drunken Driving Fatalities Drop over 1/3 while Number of Vehicles, Number of Vehicle Miles Traveled and Number of Drivers all Increase Greatly

Drunken driving fatalities in U.S. drop over 1/3 between 1982 and 2006. This large drop occurred in spite of dramatic increases during the same period in the number of vehicle miles traveled, registered motor vehicles on the road, licensed drivers, and population of the country.

Ban Lawyers from Advertising DWI/DUI Expertise?

A proposed law would ban lawyers in Tennessee from advertising their expertise in drunken driving cases. The sponsor believes that the law would make it easier to convict citizens accused of driving under the influence of alcohol.

DWI Courts Supported in Missouri

Special DWI (Driving While Intoxicated or Impaired) courts that address the root problem of repeat or felony drunken-driving offenders have been approved by the Missouri Senate.

Maximum Legal BAC of .02 Proposed for Massachusetts

Maximum legal BAC of .02 has been proposed for Massachusetts by state senator James Fagan. The lower blood alcohol concentration or content level would effectively prohibit driving after consuming any alcoholic beverage.

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