Drunk Driving

Drivers in California are required to have a valid driver's license in order to legally operate a vehicle on the roadways. Driving when your driver's license is suspended is illegal and can lead to criminal charges. There are many reasons why a person's driver's...

Drivers have to ensure they're always following the laws. Failure to do this can result in being pulled over by a police officer. One thing that some individuals might not realize is that you don't have to actually break a law to be pulled over. Officers can initiate...

Each year, approximately 11,000 people are killed in drunk driving accidents across the United States. This calculates to around 29 deaths per day. In 2017, 1,120 of those deaths took place in California alone. In an effort to save lives, American law enforcement...

A 29-year-old man from California is believed to have been drunk the night he crashed into an SUV on the 91 freeway in late February. Two people died as a result of the crash. The car accident occurred in the early morning hours. The man allegedly lost control of his...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, someone is killed in an alcohol-related crash every 50 minutes around the country. Further, in some areas of California, such as San Diego County, DUI cases are actually increasing. To decisively deal...

The California Highway Patrol has reported that a 43-year-old man who is facing drunk driving and hit-and-run charges is a candidate for the supervisor position in Madera County District 4. Media reports reveal that the man's campaign website has since been taken down...

In California and across the United States, breath tests may no longer constitute accurate ways to measure whether drivers are inebriated while driving their vehicles. A recent New York Times report mentioned that approximately 30,000 breath tests were not used in...

California residents may be interested in learning about a condition that can, in essence, turn the human body into a brewery. Doctors were working with a patient who constantly had elevated blood alcohol levels. However, the patient denied ever drinking alcohol....

Police officers in California and around the country may soon be issued with portable devices that are able to detect the compound that gives marijuana its psychoactive properties in a breath sample, but legal experts and scientists are not convinced that the results...

When law enforcement in California initiates a traffic stop for any reason, the officer will check for signs of violations when investigating. This is true even if the stop was unrelated to suspected driving under the influence. If there are signs or evidence of a...