DUI Laws & Lawyers

On February 17, 2008 the University of Tennessee’s punter, Britton Colquitt, was arrested for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.  Colquitt allegedly hit a parked car and then fled the scene.  He submitted to field sobriety tests, but was apparently unable to complete them due to his visible intoxication.
Due to the arrest for […]

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Back in October of 2005, Massachusetts created a new law (Melanie’s Law) to target repeat offenders of the state’s Operating Under the Influence laws (the equivalent of DUI or DWI). These laws required repeat drunk driving offenders to install an ignition interlock device before they could be granted a hardship driver’s license or get […]

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In 2006 Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving (DUI or DWI) in California. Mel Gibson plead guilty to the drunk driving charge and was sentenced to three years of probation, and one year of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings.
Mel Gibson attended the court in Malibu, California on 2/13/08 and was told that he was […]

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I’m not really sure what to call this post, so I came up with “Drunk Girls Gone Bad: A DUI Teenage Experiment”. Before you get upset with this one (or the opposite), let me explain what we’re trying to do here.
Have you ever seen those late night infomercials? You know, the ones with […]

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Is drunk driving or talking on cell phones worse? Let’s put it another way. Would you rather be on a road with 100 other drivers that are drinking and driving, or with 100 drivers that are managing at least one cell phone?
Let’s say that the drivers that are just itching to get arrested […]

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Forgive me for not being serious for a few moments, but I need to laugh this one off. On my way to work this morning I was almost in a huge wreck. While I was traveling about 50 mph, a huge Lincoln that was coming towards me started driving in my lane! […]

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