Development of high-tech equipment named the “Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety” (DADSS) aims to keep potential drunk drivers off the road. In a recent article written on timesunion.com by Tatiana Cirisano, this device will attempt to detect the driver’s blood alcohol content by using breath and touch tests. If the DADSS detects alcohol over the legal limit (.08 percent in all states), the vehicle will shut down and become non-operational. DADSS is a collaborative research partnership between the Automotive ... Read More »
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Recent DUI Posts
Supreme Court Bans “Holdover” Stops
In the Rochester New York area it is common for a “routine” road patrol officer who makes a routine traffic stop and thereafter observes the classic signs of intoxication, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and the rest, to order the motorist to remain where he or she is while they secure the services of a DWI specialist who will then undertake further investigation. Oftentimes, the delay involved will be upwards of fifteen minutes or more. For years, even to the extent ... Read More »
What is “DUI Manslaughter” in Oklahoma?
If you are charged in Oklahoma for having committed a crime that resulted in the death of someone, under the legal definition of homicide you can find yourself being prosecuted along two basic paths: intentional homicide (that is, murder), or negligent homicide, which is also known as manslaughter. If the death of the other person was in connection with your driving of a vehicle while you were allegedly intoxicated, this situation will almost invariably take you down the manslaughter path ... Read More »
Some Say Hindsight is 20/20 — Can the Same Be Said for Body Cameras?
Across our country police officers are using body cameras to videotape arrests. ABC News posted an article discussing the advantages and disadvantages of body camera use by police officers. A vendor with a photograph of a body camera and more information is: BodyCam. Some experts claim that body cameras will force police officers to follow procedure and allow for every moment at the time of the incident to be documented and reviewed. Others claim the equipment is too cumbersome or ... Read More »
Tennessee Drunk Driving Prevention Campaign Cancelled Because of Impaired Judgment
Tennessee residents are familiar with the Governor’s Highway Safety’s Office (GHSO) ongoing campaign to deter drunk drivers. During the summer months, the GHSO has a reoccurring theme called “100 Days of Summer Heat Booze It and Lose It”. The main goal of this campaign is to prevent people from drinking and driving on Tennessee roads. Recently, the GHSO released a new campaign meant to target young males in Tennesseans bars and restaurants by printing coasters with an anti-drinking and driving ... Read More »
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Deputies arrest wrong-way driver for DUI in Palm Harbor
PALM HARBOR — A wrong-way driver was arrested for DUI early Sunday morning in Palm Harbor. Jan Lee Witherite, 48, of Pennsylvania, was arrested for DUI after a K-9 deputy observed the suspect driving on the wrong side of the road, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. According to deputies, K-9 Corporal Michael Kilian was on Alderman Road when he observed a 2016 Pontiac SUV traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Alderman Road from Belcher Road. Corporal Kilian ... Read More » -
Woman Pleads Guilty To DUI Crash That Killed OU Student
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Plea changed, sentence lowered to probation in fatal DUI crash
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OFFICER CHARGED WITH FELONY DUI AFTER WOMAN STRUCK IN BELMONT HEIGHTS
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Fourth Person Dies After Wrong-Way DUI Crash On Highway 75
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Police Credibility Being Challenged In DUI
I once talked to a criminal defense attorney who told me in the late ’60’s he won 17 consecutive motions to suppress evidence based on Fourth Amendment violations committed by the police. Many DUI defense attorneys have not prevailed on that many motions to suppress evidence in their careers. What happened is that our courts became packed with conservative judges following the ouster of Rose Bird and two of her colleagues on the California Supreme Court. Voters in California were ... Read More » -
Can Body Temperature Affect Breath Test Results?
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CAVEAT EMPTOR — THE MISLEADING NATURE OF ON-LINE REVIEWS AND WEBSITE CLAIMS
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The Unseen Risks of “One for the Road”
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Drivng Under the Influence of Alcohol? Not if this High-Tech Device is Operational.
Development of high-tech equipment named the “Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety” (DADSS) aims to keep potential drunk drivers off the road. In a recent article written on timesunion.com by Tatiana Cirisano, this device will attempt to detect the driver’s blood alcohol content by using breath and touch tests. If the DADSS detects alcohol over the legal limit (.08 percent in all states), the vehicle will shut down and become non-operational. DADSS is a collaborative research partnership between the Automotive ... Read More » -
Some Say Hindsight is 20/20 — Can the Same Be Said for Body Cameras?
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Tennessee Drunk Driving Prevention Campaign Cancelled Because of Impaired Judgment
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Nonadjudicating DUIs in Mississippi
Last year we wrote this blog about some of last year’s changes to Mississippi’s DUI law. This year,however, even more changes were included in Mississippi House Bill 412. The updates are numerous and will take effect on October 1, 2014. Of all these changes, however, nonadjudication must be the most talked about. While called different things in various states, nonadjudication simply means that the guilty plea is withheld and the case is dismissed once the offender completes certain court-imposed conditions. In other words, it’s a ... Read More » -
Learning DUI Science
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Mississippi Highway Patrol Gets Dinged by Supreme Court
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Ignorance of the Law is an Excuse
On December 15, 2014, the United States Supreme Court handed down a monumental case in the world of criminal justice. The U.S. Supreme Court declared in Heien v. North Carolina that ignorance of the law for a police officer is indeed an excuse justifying an otherwise invalid traffic stop. On April 29, 2009 shortly before 8:00 am, Sergeant Matt Darisse of the Surry County Sheriff’s Department pulled over Nicholas Heien on Highway 77 for having a brake light out. This ... Read More »