The “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign was designed to help law enforcement and homeland security forces gather intelligence which could prevent terrorist attacks. It’s meant to literally raise awareness … of your surroundings! The world we live in has changed so much in the years since the September 11th attacks. Now we are Read the full article…
When you are suspected of drunk driving and the officer wants to give you a breathalyzer test, that officer will likely tell you that you have a right to refuse the test. Sounds great, doesn’t it? If you refuse, because you have a ‘right’ to, then there’s no evidence, right? Well, a breathalyzer test is Read the full article…
The holidays are here and DUI Checkpoints are EVERYWHERE! And they aren’t just being conducted on weekends and holiday dates, either. Across the country, money is being made available in the form of grants to law enforcement agencies to conduct an ever-increasing number of DUI, DWI, or Sobriety Checkpoints. There are checkpoints being held somewhere Read the full article…
An article by ESPN’s Scoop Jackson, entitled “Drinking, Driving, and Ignoring the NFL’s Help” exposes one of the two reasons that PLAYER PROTECT is not only a FAIL, but was DOOMED from the start. The names of players and coaches in Scoop’s article will be familiar to those who follow us on facebook. News about Read the full article…
The high-profile DUI case stemming from the crash of April 9, 2009 which took the lives of Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson as well as internally decapitating(!) Jon Wilhite has come to an end with three 2nd Degree Murder convictions for Andrew Gallo. Adenhart was a rookie pitcher for the Angels with a promising career, having pitched Read the full article…
Many states are adopting new laws against drunk drivers that involve putting an ignition interlock system on the offender’s car. An ignition interlock is essentially a breathalyzer wired into your car’s ignition system. A clean breath test is required to start the car and randomly occurring retests ensure the person who started the car is Read the full article…
When celebrities, professional athletes and other high profile people are arrested for drunk driving, it is easy to question their intelligence and ability to reason. We use the DrinkingAndDriving.Org Facebook Fan Page primarily to share the latest high profile DUI arrests like Jason Wahler, multiple Miami Dolphins, and others. A compelling concept to realize about Read the full article…
In our Blog posting, “The Supreme Court Says No Fair Tipping Off the Cops” from October 24 last year, we were swayed by news articles we read online and compelled to speak up. Since then, an important clarification has been issued in an article at PoliceMag.com entitled, “Beware of False Headlines“. If you have read Read the full article…
There is a lot of new data coming out regarding drunk driving. The NHTSA has released new figures and some of the news is good – Fatalities from DUI accidents decreased last year. Total deaths amounted to under 12,000 instead of 13,000. Again, that’s good news. But does it mean the number of drunk drivers Read the full article…
When you see an impaired driver swerving on the road, the right thing to do is to report it so that they are stopped before anything tragic happens. That’s what most of us believe and indeed is what we at DrinkingAndDriving.Org encourage. We even make fun of people who don’t report drunk drivers. So we were Read the full article…