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Can You Get a DUI/OVI on a Horse-Drawn Buggy in Ohio?

Shawn Dominy May 20, 2022 No Comments

Imagine a person in the process of being charged with DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). I’ll bet you are imagining a person driving a car,

Court Rules DMV’S Hearing Procedure Unconstitutional

Paul Burglin April 16, 2022 No Comments

For many years the California DMV has used a single hearing officer to play the role of both prosecutor and judge in its

Private Company Developing Test for Marijuana Intoxication

Shawn Dominy April 16, 2022 No Comments

With the legalization of marijuana use, both medicinal and recreational, law enforcement is concerned about the increased number of drivers impaired by THC. Tests currently

Driver arrested on DUI manslaughter charges: Crash killed 2 high school students waiting at bus stop

Jonathan Blecher April 7, 2022 No Comments

(Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office) South Florida Sun-Sentinel (April 6, 2022) After the death of two Royal Palm Beach Community High School students, the man

KENTUCKY’S VIEW OF BIRCHFIELD

Wilbur Zevely April 7, 2022 No Comments

Birchfield involves a trilogy of cases dealing with criminalizing a refusal to submit to a blood or breath test in DUI prosecutions. The Birchfield holding

Will Alternative Sentencing Become More Available for DUI Offenders in Tennessee?

Steve Oberman March 20, 2022 No Comments

In proposed 2022 legislation introduced by Tennessee Senator Stevens and Tennessee Representative Farmer, the sheriff or chief administrative officer of a local jail or workhouse

FHP trooper hit by drunk driver, protects runners during Skyway 10K

Jonathan Blecher March 14, 2022 No Comments

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Dramatic video of a Sarasota woman crashing into a state trooper’s vehicle while under the influence was released by the

What Car Models Had the Most DUIs in 2021?

Shawn Dominy March 12, 2022 No Comments

Cars don’t get DUIs. People get DUIs. But they get them in cars…and SUVs, and trucks, and even on electric scooters and golf carts. So,

Florida Second Refusal Laws Change

Jonathan Blecher March 3, 2022 No Comments

A second or subsequent refusal to submit to a breath, blood or urine test in Florida carries enhanced penalties. Recent changes, effective October 1, 2021,

History of Driver in Fatal South Beach Cafe Crash

Jonathan Blecher March 3, 2022 No Comments

Source: Miami Herald Before she backed her Bentley into a table of South Beach diners Thursday, killing one of them, Regitze Gamble’s driving history included

Man with DUI history pleads guilty to wrong-way I-95 crash. Victim’s car plunged off flyover.

Jonathan Blecher March 3, 2022 No Comments

Source: Miami Herald An intoxicated man who was driving his car the wrong way on I-95 and knocked another car off the Golden Glades flyover

New Obstacle Proposed to Regain a Tennessee Driver License after a DUI Conviction

Steve Oberman March 2, 2022 No Comments

A 2022 proposed Bill filed jointly by Tennessee Senator White (SB2736) and Tennessee Representative Ogles (HB2270)would amend current law so that a person who was

Tennessee BUI Convictions May Affect DUI Penalties

Steve Oberman February 20, 2022 No Comments

2022 legislation proposed by Tennessee Senator White and Tennessee Representative Ogles would amend current law so that a prior conviction for the offense of boating

School bus driver charged with DUI with kids on board

Jonathan Blecher February 15, 2022 No Comments

source News4JAX: FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A bus driver for the Flagler County School District was arrested after he drove middle school students home while