By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Holiday shopping — and holiday traffic checkpoints — are sure signs it’s Christmas. Randomly stopping motorists to look for drunk drivers has been common practice in many states for years now, but enforcement efforts tend to step up around the Christmas/New Year’s holidays. What should you do if you happen […]
274 Blog Posts From the DUI/DWI Tag
Goodbye, Fifth Amendment
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Next time you get pulled over by a cop – or stopped at random in a “sobriety checkpoint” — you might want to remember the following laugh line: It’s called the Fifth Amendment to the Bill of Rights, which reads, in part, that “No person… shall be compelled in any […]
California Supreme Court: Breathalyzer Results Can Be Challenged
An article in the Los Angeles Times late last week brought attention to the California Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Breathalyzer findings can be challenged in court: Under the law, a suspected drunk driver can submit to either a blood test, which measures the amount of alcohol in the blood, or a breath test. Alcohol […]
The Ignition Interlock Hoax
By James Baxter, NMA President MADD and its bloated stepmother, NHTSA, have been pushing for mandated ignition interlock devices (IIDs), preferably in all vehicles, but they know from experience these things have to be done in an incremental fashion, or there could be severe public backlash and resistance. One can currently assume that the breathalyzer […]
MADD Pushes To Make DUI Violations A Felony
By James Baxter, NMA President MADD’s current excuse for existing is to make DUI violations a felony, the most serious of criminal convictions. A felon, along with going to prison, loses the right to vote, the right to possess firearms, any professional licenses, scholarships, and many employment opportunities. Given that two or three drinks and […]
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