Drunk Driving

Articles on drunk driving providing information, statistics and facts about drunk driving. This section also includes news stories on drunk driving accidents.
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Stephanie Pratt Arrested for DUI
Stephanie Pratt, one of the stars of The Hills, was arrested early Sunday morning in Hollywood on suspicion of drunken driving.

Drinking and Driving Facts: Drunk Driving Fact Sheet
Did you know that due to drunk driving, every 60 seconds one person is injured? Deaths due to alcohol related car accidents have increased by 18.6% over the last 5 years in the US. For information on state laws, penalties, and other facts about drunk driving, read on...

Teen Drinking and Driving Facts - Teenage Drunk Driving Statistics
In the United States, approximately 10% of all vehicle crashes recorded by the authorities are caused due to the driver being under the influence of alcohol. Read on to know more about teen drinking and driving facts.

Sam Shepard Arrested for DUI in Illinois
The Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner was arrested in Illinois after his blood alcohol level tested at twice the legal limit.

Drunk Driving Facts
Drunk driving or driving under influence is the prime cause of motor vehicle crash cases which often lead to deaths and serious injuries. Some quick facts about Drunk Driving…

MADD Drops Miss Teen USA
Mothers Against Drunk Driving announced Wednesday that they were dropping Miss Teen USA Katie Blair, 18, due to reports of her underage drinking.

Facts and Fiction about Drinking and Driving
What are some of the myths and truths about alcohol consumption?

Keychain That Can Save Lives?
A decent keychain breathalyzer can ultimately take all of the estimating out of whether or not you are too drunk to drive. How many times have you been asked "Are you okay to drive?" and on how many occasions did you said no? Probably not extraordinarily many.

DUI Without a Car?
Can you get a DUI if you aren't driving a car? You sure can. Most states drunk driving laws cover all motor vehicles, and most define "operating a vehicle" as simply being behind the wheel, even if the car is parked or the engine turned off.

Challenging Your DUI Arrest
Fighting your DUI charge may seem pointless, but it's not. A DUI arrest and charge does not guarantee conviction. After your DUI arrest, there are many actions you may be able to take to help your case.

California DUI Laws and Information
There were almost 200,000 people arrested for DUI in California alone last year. Out of those numbers there were just over 180,000 were misdemeanor offenses and a large portion of those cases were overturned by DUI lawyers.

Drink Driving Penalty - Going Home With Huskies
Are you the motorist with murder in mind?

Toyota Formulates Anti-drunk Driving System
Toyota announced that it is developing an anti-drunk system that detects drunken drivers via sensors. The latter detects drunk drivers through their sweat. If the sensors detect unusual steering or if the installed camera shows unfocused pupils of the driver, the vehicle will be slowed to a halt.

Drunk Drivers Beware Of Saab Device
Thanks to Saab, there is now a kind of device which actually could detect drunk drivers. This device is known as the AlcoKey and it has just recently won one of the most coveted awards in the Europe auto industry.

Car to Put Brakes on Japanese Drink Drivers
Motorists who flout the law by driving home after a few drinks will soon be up against a formidable foe in the campaign against drink driving: their cars.

Drink Driving - Maximum Penalty - Death - Kill Or Be Killed
Drink driving kills whether you are the driver or not. What is the maximum penalty for a dink driver over the limit aside having to live with his or her concious if someone is killed.

The Myths Of Driving Drunk
When it comes to driving and drinking, the statistics just goes to show that myths may still abound but the reality is already there. For example, crashes and accidents on the roads are much higher on the eve of New Year compared to other evenings all year round.

Repeat Drunk Drivers Won't Stop
DUI conducted a survey about what would make drunk drivers stop. Said survey found out that one strong reason to make them stop is only when put to jail.

Survey Reveals Important Information About Drunk Drivers
A survey was currently done by the Century Council and the study was mainly focused on the important things the public needs to know about repeat drunk drivers. When these repeat drunk drivers were asked what would "definitely make me stop drinking and driving", the Century Council was able to actually spot three main actions that these people have disclosed during the survey.

Arizona drunk driving law and drunk driving charges
The Arizona Defensive Driving School provides latest updates on the Arizona drunk driving law. After completing this course you will realize Arizona Drunk Driving charges. This helps you keep aware of the charges and inculcates safe driving habits and refrain yourself from substance abuse especially alcohol while driving.

Drinking and Driving
Why did you have to drink those drinks...

Underage Drinking And Driving Never Did Match
The event is called After the Crash and it is actually a traveling photo exhibit which would be making its rounds in various cities and states in the US. This exhibit would actually allow people to look and take a peek into the lives of ten families whose lives were forever changed because they were victims of crashes and accidents that involved underage drunk drivers.

Deadly Driving - Combating Irresponsible Drivers
Everyday, we hear more and more tragic stories about someone being killed in an auto accident. Everyday, we are forced to drive more defensibly due to all the driving laws and courtesies being ignored in today's fast paced world. Drunk driving, speeding, wreckless driving and ignorance are just few of the many dangers we face.

As He Cried
A poem that shows there shouldn't be drinking and driving...

Texas Part of National Drunk Driving Campaign
As part of the concern of keeping all people in Texas safe and sound during the Labor Day holiday weekend, the state of Texas has joined the National Drunk Driving Campaign. And the whole project seemed to be good enough for the numbers of accidents and cases that were due to drunk driving went down.

Gibson Pleads Guilty to Drink Driving
Mel Gibson was sentenced to three years on probation yesterday after pleading guilty to drink driving.

Driving While Drunk Can Now Be Prevented
At present, there has been a new kind of technology that has been presented to the public. It is an anti-drunk driving technology and has been foreseen to become a major factor to help out reduce the high number of deaths and injuries caused by the results drunk driving.

Drunk Driver
Just a poem about drunk driving...

Six Cans
Drinking and Driving...

Drunk as a Skunk - Drink Driving
Drink affects everyone in the same way issuing you a license to KILL. When leaving the home for a night out on the tiles, make to sure to give the wife kids or partner a kiss, as it maybe the last.

Police Put the Brakes on Drunk Back-seat Driver
A drunk driver tried to avoid arrest by leaping into the back of his moving car during a chase in the Australian outback.

Phelps Drink-drive Charge
American swimmer Michael Phelps, who won six gold medals at the Olympics in Athens, has been charged with driving under the influence by police in Maryland.

Downcast Lewis Charged With Drink-driving
April 22 Carl Lewis' friends have blamed his arrest for alleged drunk-driving on recent allegations that he had his positive drugs test covered up.

Great Britain players get drink-drive ultimatum
The Great Britain team, and the staff of the Rugby Football League, will face automatic disciplinary action from the governing body if they are caught drink-driving as part of a novel sponsorship of next month's series against New Zealand by the Department for Transport's road-safety cam.