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While the country may be renowned for its vodka production, Russia is also known for having one of the world’s highest rates of alcohol-related accidents. Last year more than 2,000 people were killed, and around 18,000 people injured in accidents attributed to drunk-driving in Russia, according to the Russian news agency Itar-Tass. Currently, Russian law [...]
We know that field sobriety tests can be administered improperly, and that in some cases, it’s possible to get chemical tests thrown out, but that can require in-depth experience on behalf of your attorney. For some, it just got a lot easier. Since fall 2008, almost 400 people have been convicted of driving while intoxicated [...]
In the early hours of May 30, 2009, in North Tonawanda, New York, 17-year-old Ashley Sullivan lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a brick sign in front of Deerwood Golf Course. As a result of the car crash, her 20-year-old boyfriend, Alex Rozicki, was killed and she was charged with DWI and criminally [...]
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety announced on January 11, 2009, their state highway safety rankings based on the number of the 15 highway safety laws the organization has deemed required and enforced for optimal highway safety that each state has adopted. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety gave Virginia the worst highway safety law [...]
Drunk Driving Moms are on the rise and are making national headlines. Tara Dawn Biller of Fredericksburg, Virginia swerves down the road and crashes in a ditch which prompted her scared 10-year-old daughter to get out of the car. Tara Dawn Biller then drives off leaving her daughter on the side of the road. Spotsylvania [...]
David P. Baker was the police chief of Alexandria and had a normal life prior to a fateful decision he made to drink and drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.19 that changed his life forever on July 25, 2009. David Baker pled guilty to DUI, spent five days in jail, paid fines, [...]
On Halloween night, a 911 dispatcher in Clark County, Wisconsin received a bizarre call from 49-year-old Mary Strey who was calling to report herself as a drunk driver after consuming a number of alcoholic beverages at several bars that evening. During the call, the slightly confused Mary Strey tells the dispatcher, “Somebody’s really drunk driving [...]
Most bars monitor their customers to make sure they do not drink in excess for safety and legal reasons; however, The Attic, a bar in Newcastle, England, encouraged their customers to excessively drink to the point they exceeded the legal Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) to drive by testing customers with a breathalyzer. At last call, [...]
Originally posted: July 22, 2009 Updated: September 30, 2009 The U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts places more of a burden on prosecutors in criminal cases to produce live witness testimony to support scientific/laboratory reports during trial. This ruling directly has an impact on DWI/DUI cases which are classified as a criminal offense [...]
