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Houston County Deputy arrested for DUI in Macon

Source: BRANDON MCGOUIRK | WGXA News MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — A Houston County Deputy finds herself on the wrong side of the law following her off-duty DUI arrest in Macon. 31-year-old Emily Beck was stopped shortly before 1:00 Thursday morning when a Georgia State Trooper says that she was seen failing to stop at a flashing red light on Poplar Street, continuing onto Washington Avenue and, then, pausing at a solid red light before running it. The trooper reports that ... Read More »

Georgia DUI – Intoxilyzer 9000 – Selection Report

If you have been charged with DUI in Georgia and you submitted to the requested state-administered breath test, you probably were tested on an Intoxilyzer 9000. For some reason, many people mistakenly believed that the “new” Intoxilyzer 9000 was an improvement over the Intoxilyzer 5000. The evaluation that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (“GBI”) performed upon the Intoxilyzer 9000 and two (2) other machines prior to implementation of the Intoxilyzer 9000 as the breath testing machine draws into question this ... Read More »

Bartow County, GA Car Accident Causing Serious Injuries Involved An Alleged DUI Driver and New Tesla

On Monday, July 9, in Bartow County, GA, there was a two-vehicle crash on I-75 that caused serious injuries a Cartersville man. The driver of a 2018 Tesla Model 3 was traveling on the north on I-75 when he struck a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche traveling in the same direction. 29-year old Joshua Michael Barrett, the driver of the new Teslas, was allegedly driving too fast for conditions when he improperly changed lanes and lost control of his vehicle. Barrett, the driver ... Read More »

Driving Under the Influence of Smartphones

Binge watching Netflix.  FaceTiming a friend. Scrolling through your Spotify playlist. All of these seem like harmless activities–until you try to do them while driving. Due to the rise in distracted driving, lawmakers across America are rethinking their laws on smartphones in vehicles. A study completed by AAA showed that 88% of millennial aged drivers acknowledge their dangerous driving habits, however, some of the drivers think that this behavior is acceptable. For example, the study showed that 78.2% of drivers ... Read More »

Is it illegal in Georgia to flash your lights to warn other motorists of police ahead?

Recently, legal decisions in Missouri and Oregon, along with a new bill in legislature in New Jersey, have once again thrust the issue of flashing our headlights back in the . . . spot . . . light. In Missouri, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey issued a preliminary injunction in February prohibiting the town of Ellisville from prosecuting drivers who allegedly flashed their vehicles’ head lights to warn of radar and speed traps. The city didn’t appeal the decision. ... Read More »

How Much is Too Much?

In order to prevent over-serving at bars, many states have adopted what is known as the Dram Shop Act. The Dram Shop Act allows victims and the families of victims to sue the bar or establishment that served alcohol to a drunken individual that subsequently injured someone in a drunken driving accident. These alcohol infractions are regulated by the Department of Revenue who will strip bars and bartenders of their licenses if found to be repeatedly over-serving. Georgia is one ... Read More »

.15 down to .05 BAC: Isn’t it Amazing How the Human Body Has Changed Since 1954?

A little cursory research of DUI laws related to blood alcohol “legal limits” in Georgia reveals that as early as 1954, the Georgia General Assembly outlawed blood alcohol concentrations at a certain level.  House Bill 128 was approved January 11, 1954 and provided that “If there was at that time 0.15 percent or more by weight of alcohol in the defendant’s blood, it shall be presumed that the defendant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor.”  Fast forward to May ... Read More »

Big Brother is Watching You – and He Doesn’t Need a Warrant

Atlanta, GA — Little Rock, Arkansas may not be a likely terrorism target or a gang crime hotspot, but the Arkansas capital has decided to follow the example of high-security cities by expanding electronic surveillance of its streets. A police car with a device that photographs license plates moves through the city and scans the traffic on the streets, relaying the data it collects to a computer for sifting. Police say the surveillance helps identify stolen cars and drivers with outstanding arrest warrants. It also ... Read More »

Georgia Legislator Will Introduce Mugshot Legislation

Representative Roger Bruce Will Introduce LegislationTo Protect Against Exploitation of Headshots for Profit Atlanta, GA – December 7, 2012 – Representative Roger Bruce has recently caught the attention of national media with talks on introducing legislation in 2013 to protect individuals who have headshots for police records, commonly known as “mugshots.” These headshots are visible to the public on the sheriff’s county website and there are no guidelines on the usage of the headshots. This allows third-parties to post the headshots ... Read More »