Virginia Needs Stricter Drunk Driving Laws | Manassas DWI Attorney

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 [...]

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Alcohol Involved in Fatal Rock Creek Accident | Virginia DUI Attorney

On the frigid morning of Sunday, January 3, 2009, a jogger notices a tire sticking out of the water of Rock Creek and called 911. Police and rescue personnel discovered a vehicle that had plunged into Rock Creek where they found 22-year-old Joshua Kuhlman barely alive. Kuhlman apparently had been in the freezing Rock Creek [...]

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Drunk Driving Moms Make National Headlines

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 [...]

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MADD – Tie One On For Safety Campaign 2009

Red Ribbon Week PSA created by Kristen Geraghty of Barrington Middle School Holiday parties between Thanksgiving and New Year’s increase the chances of being involved in an alcohol related car accident. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has recognized the increase in drinking and drunk driving during the holidays and wants to remind everyone to avoid [...]

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NY Leandra’s Law Passes – Felony to Drive Drunk with Children in Vehicle

On October 11, 2009, 11-year-old Leandra Rosado was killed when the car she was in flipped throwing her from the vehicle. The driver, Carmen Huertas, made the fateful decision to pile seven children into her car and drive while intoxicated at nearly double the legal limit. Carmen Huertas was charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) [...]

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