Colorado is one of a few states in which a third DUI is not prosecuted as a felony. This may change if a new bill passes in the legislature. The bill, HB 1043, enacts stiffer…

Party time might be extended in Michigan soon. The senate has passed a bill which would allow bars to serve alcoholic drinks until 4 a.m. on weekends. Currently Michigan bars cannot serve alcohol between 2 and…

A Wisconsin man with nine drunk driving offenses had an excuse, for a change. John Przbyla was stopped for erratic driving and having a broken taillight. The officer then noted that the driver’s eyes were bloodshot and he smelled…

If one needed to cite a reason why the ignition interlock was invented, one might offer the name Christian J. Finkney. An ignition interlock, or car breathalyzer, is a device that prevents a vehicle from…

Sometimes it takes time for laws to catch up with the realities of people’s behavior. Even before 2011, Washington State had some pretty strict DUI laws. The state passed an all-offender ignition interlock law in…

A Wisconsin man is going to prison for his eighth drunk driving conviction. Every state has many such repeat offenders, and the four-and-a-half year sentence George Gamboeck is about to undergo seems appropriate. But what…

Michigan has found a one-two punch that appears to be effective against repeat drunk driving offenders: DWI courts and ignition interlocks. There is strong evidence that these two proven strategies for reducing impaired driving, when used…

CINCINNATI, Oct. 20, 2014  — LMG Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has successfully acquired A-Interlock, Inc. the former New Mexico distributor for its LifeSafer brand. Founded in 1997, by owner Jean Claude Guenette, A-Interlock,…

You might have seen the faces in the news lately. There are two of them: one is a young girl, the other a grown woman. Both of these people have laws named after them. But…

Did you know that you don’t even have to be driving to be arrested for a DUI? In most states, you just need to be in what is called physical control of the car, even if the…