Laws

We know ignition interlocks save lives. But we also know that bureaucracies are slow, agencies are overworked, and people charged with a task can drop the ball. Which is why, though an ignition [...]

It’s not enough to get good anti-drunk driving laws passed. You’ve got to keep watch on the system and make sure the laws are working as they are meant to. That’s the sad lesson that Mothers [...]

Let’s have the moral of this story right up front: you are not safe from drunk drivers. Not on the road, not on a crosswalk, not even sitting quietly at home in your house, catching up on Game of [...]

It’s been one of the craziest controversies the state has seen in a while. Back in March Utah’s governor signed a law (not even in effect yet) declaring the legal intoxication limit for [...]

They’re called accidents sometimes, but they’re not. Drunk driving crashes that result in death are homicides, and the state of New Jersey intends to see that they are treated as such. The [...]

The purposes of punishment, we’re told are five: Deterrence Incapacitation Rehabilitation Retribution Restitution When a drunk driver injures or kills another and is imprisoned, some of these [...]

Drunk driving is drunk driving – no escaping the consequences. But in your own driveway? It’s a good enough question that Michigan called upon its Supreme Court to answer it.  Back in 2014 police [...]

In South Carolina restaurants must pay up if their customers drink, drive, and injure someone. A new liquor liability law makes sure they’re able to. The problem is over-serving: restaurants and [...]

Being self-employed means you escape some of life’s hassles. But not ignition interlocks. Missouri is one of 30 states that require an ignition interlock for all DUI offenders. An ignition [...]

Tennessee has changed its traffic laws in a way that will affect how drunk driving is prosecuted: the state has eliminated implied consent for blood tests obtained without warrant. US states [...]