Dallas police are using a half-taxi cab and half-cop car to promote their new anti-drunken driving campaign known as “Drink. Drive. Go to Jail.”
The cop-cab car is used to not only spark curiosity in people, but its main goal is to remind people that if you drink, you either ride home in a taxi or the back of a cop car. The campaign is also equipped with billboards in the area, mainly the entertainment districts, that state “choose your ride.”
The campaign began in last August and will run through September 6, Labor Day, in order to keep an extra eye out for impaired drivers on the road during the holiday weekend.
If you or a loved one has been charged with a serious crime such as drunken driving, contact the Dallas DWI lawyers of Mark T. Lassiter by calling 214-457-1668.
Texas lawmakers are attempting to make laws against DWI offenders stricter and although the penalties have increased over the years, Texas still leads that nation in alcohol-related deaths.
The leading counties in Texas include Dallas County with the third-most DWI-related accidents. The Criminal Justice Committee has been meeting weekly in order to discuss how to prevent these accidents from occurring.
They are considering a few different ways such as passing stricter laws so the drunk drivers stay off the road or another path that they are looking toward is to lower the fines so that convicted drunk drivers do not choose jail over probation.
Some lawmakers are pushing to have repeat offenders lose their license permanently and the idea has gained some support.
If you or a loved one has been charged of a DWI, you need experienced representation on your side. Contact the Dallas DWI lawyers of the law office of Mark T. Lassiter by calling 214-651-1121 today.
On August 17, police received a tip from an anonymous source that said that there was a reckless driver swerving on the roadway on Water Street in Kerrville.
Police than found the 31-year-old Kerrville man and arrested him after he failed the field sobriety tests. The man also did not have a valid license on him when he was arrested.
The man had just picked up his child and he was in the car during the arrest. The child was left with his mother and the man was taken to the medical center to get a mandatory blood test.
If you or a loved one has been charged with a serious crime such as DWI with child passenger, contact the Dallas DWI with child passenger lawyers of the law office of Mark T. Lassiter by calling 214-457-1668.
A Houston police officer has been charged with intoxication assault after an accident in Brenham that injured three people.
The accident occurred on FM 389 near U.S. Highway 290 when his vehicle collided with another. Neither of the two passengers in his car were hurt, but three people who were in the second vehicle were.
One victim was an 80-year-old man who was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Temple. The 40-year-old officer has worked with the HPD since December of 2007 and he is currently in custody.
Our condolences are with the friends and family of the injured in the accident.
A statewide program to crackdown on drinking and driving was launched in Texas on August 3.
The new program is called “Drink. Drive. Go to Jail.” and it focuses on having additional law enforcement on the roads to keep their eye out for drunk drivers. Any drivers suspected of driving under the influence will be arrested.
Officials have said that Texas is at the top of list for the number of people who are killed or injured in alcohol-related crashes. State records show that there were 27,000 alcohol-related crashed in Texas in 2009.
If you or a loved one has been charged with a DWI, you need experienced representation on your side. Contact the Dallas DWI lawyers of the law office of Mark T. Lassiter by calling 214-457-1668 today.
