DUI
Texas, California cities are tops in drunks, spurring more drunk driving accidents
Drunk driving accounts for a whopping one third of all U.S. traffic fatalities, or about 12,000 Americans killed in the past year. But drunk driving isn’t the same throughout America. Some cities have worse problems than others with alcohol, as surveyed by Men’s Health magazine. It found Fresno, CA as the “most drunk city in [...]
Don’t crash New Year’s Eve parties with a drunk driving car accident
Americans love their holiday traditions, including New Year’s Eve. In Japan, the new year isn’t widely acknowledged until people rise the next morning. But in the USA, millions of revelers party past midnight to ring in another year. The only trouble is, such partying often includes heavy drinking and unleashes drunk drivers on our roads.
It’s [...]
Sweet! Montgomery County tweets drunk drivers’ names in shame game which could work
As we brace for the drunk driving tragedies which inevitably accompany year-end revelries, we applaud Montgomery County officials for a new tactic in the war against drunk drivers. County District Attorney Brett Ligon will start posting tweets on his Twitter account for the world to see whenever a person is arrested for drunk driving, DUI [...]
Parents can help teens tackle driving distractions, reduce car accidents
With a national summit on distracted drivers set for this week, studies due today from the journal Pediatrics show that parents can have a huge effect on how effective — or distracted — their teen drivers become.
Conducted by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA and given funding by State Farm Insurance Co., the studies show that [...]
Ignition interlock devices are a tool in America’s war on drunk driving car accidents
Drunk drivers’ undeclared war on America has raged for decades, killing more than half a million U.S. citizens since 1982. Such a terrible toll mandates strong counterattacks, and one is requiring ignition-interlock devices in the vehicles of those who are known to be drunk drivers.
According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), most states have laws [...]
Drunk driving horrors send sobering message to moms — and anyone
Time magazine reports that a cultural shift toward bemused tolerance of moms’ drinking so they can cope with busy days is circling the drain along with discarded martinis. Indeed, as advanced by books and commercials, the thought of a happily drinking mom has become less liberating than sobering — especially since a big-news tragedy this [...]
More women DUI car accidents may get you MADD
Ads for a certain slim cigarette aimed at women once crowed, “You’ve come a long way, baby.” In short, smoking was seen as twisted liberation for women. Sadly, the same is now true for drinking alcohol.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the percent of women arrested for DUI is increasing, while the percent [...]
A bad thing? New Texas drunk driving law fights car accident carnage
The Houston Chronicle reports a furor over a new Texas law, taking effect Sept. 1, which allows police to get a blood sample without a warrant in certain cases of suspected drunk driving.
Some consider it an outrage, violating civil liberties, the Constitution and perhaps apple pie and the flag. Others protest it will create a [...]
Drivers on cell phones as bad as drunk drivers!
Who knew?
Turns out the federal government did six years ago. When it said nothing, thousands of Americans lost their lives. Others were seriously injured. And the nation is now stuck with a “serious and growing threat on America’s roadways.”
That’s the nutshell version of a shocking story in the July 21, 2009 edition of The New [...]
July 4th traffic deaths, drownings show liberty needs responsibility
July 4th weekend is a time to celebrate America’s liberty. Yet our liberties don’t include driving while impaired, a misjudgment which claims almost one third of all traffic deaths yearly, and an even higher 40 per cent of all traffic deaths on the mid-summer holiday.
Alcohol abuse by drivers crosses all geographic and socioeconomic lines. But [...]
