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Austin, TX – The Austin Police Department has begun training its officers to drive their new Breath Alcohol Testing Unit.  The unit is actually a bus that will allow APD police officers to determine if drivers are intoxicated.  CAPMetro, the city’s public transit entity, has been training the officers using its bus simulator.  […]

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The blog of DWI.com reports The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is working with safe driving advocates like ‘Mothers Against Drunk Driving’ in an effort to reduce the number of alcohol related vehicular deaths.  This comes as no great suprise seeing as MADD is one of the most […]

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Studies of teenage driving show that 16-year-olds are three times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers.  According to a 2005 survey of 1,000 people ages 15 and 17, conducted by the Allstate Foundation :

More than half (56 percent) of young drivers use cell phones while driving,
69 percent said […]

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Bloggers Note:  Ok I admit it.  This post has nothing to do with the law or drunk driving.  However, the novels that are part of the series “a story of ice and fire” by George R.R. Martin are excellent.  The novels are gripping, and full of suspense.  The characters are almost all fundementally flawed, and just when you think you know […]

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CBS is reporting that Daniel Dae Kim, who stars as Jin-Soo Kwon on ABC’s hit TV series ”Lost,” was arrested early Thursday morning for allegedly driving drunk.
Details of his DUI arrest weren’t released, but police said he was arrested around 3 a.m. Thursday morning. He was booked at the Honolulu Police station downtown, posted bail […]

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