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On July 17th, 2003 at 1 a.m. while working a vehicle accident, I was struck by a drunk driver. I lost everything I had. My wife left, as 1 year of watching me have seizures and not get better was too much for her. More

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Drunk Driving Fatalities Drop to Lowest Rate since 1950

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that U.S. fatalities due to drunk driving fell to a record low number in 2009, declining by 7.4% from 2008, with a 19% decrease since 2000. This represents the lowest number since 1950. More

Drug and Alcohol Courts: An Effective Alternative to Jail

Drug courts were developed in the 1980's in an effort to stop the abuse of alcohol and other drugs, and to reduce the criminal activity that typically accompanies these behaviors. More

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House Bill 1789 passed by the Washington State legislature

House Bill 1789 was passed by the Washington State legislature with unanimous votes in both the Senate and House, and was signed into law by Governor Chris Gregoire on May 10, 2011. This new legislation allows for stiffer sentences of DUI defendants, and broadens the use of ignition interlock devices which prevent a vehicle from starting if alcohol is detected in the driver’s breath. More

Drunk Driving Fatalities Drop to Lowest Rate since 1950

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that U.S. fatalities due to drunk driving fell to a record low number in 2009, declining by 7.4% from 2008, with a 19% decrease since 2000. This represents the lowest number since 1950. More

Drug and Alcohol Courts: An Effective Alternative to Jail

Drug courts were developed in the 1980's in an effort to stop the abuse of alcohol and other drugs, and to reduce the criminal activity that typically accompanies these behaviors. More

Five states have enacted new DUI laws in 2010

Five U.S. states have enacted new laws related to drunk driving in 2010. More

The push to require ignition interlock devices on vehicles of convicted drunk drivers

More and more states are enacting legislation that will utilize technology in the effort to make the roads safer by requiring the installation of ignition interlock devices on vehicles of first time drunk driving offenders. More

Motion filed to allow BAC breath test results as evidence

There may soon be a new weapon to fight drinking and driving in King County. Or rather, an old weapon may be available once again. More

Washington Superintendent of Public Schools arrested for DUI

On Sunday, March 21st at 1:30 am, Randy Dorn, Washington State Superintendent of Public Schools, was pulled over for speeding by a local law enforcement officer in Orting, Washington, and when the officer smelled alcohol on Dorn's breath, he administered a field sobriety test. More

Driving while distracted – the new DUI

Even though we have focused a great deal of attention on drunk driving, we are now seeing a new threat that is equally common and equally dangerous – distracted driving. More

New Anti Drunk-Driving Program Reduces Deaths by Half

We have all heard of the standard methods that most states use to fight the war against drunk driving – the required use of alcohol interlock devices on vehicles of convicted drunk drivers, harsher legal and financial penalties against repeat offenders, and sobriety checkpoints are the most common. Yet, the number of alcohol-related deaths has remained relatively steady across the nation for the past decade, despite these efforts. Except in South Dakota, where a revolutionary new sobriety program is delivering extraordinary results. More

Proposed New Penalties for DUI

Washington State lawmakers have recently introduced several bills that propose harsher new penalties for people convicted of driving while intoxicated (DUI). These proposed penalties include longer sentences for first-time offenders, required installation of ignition interlock devices for drivers convicted of negligent or reckless driving, required installation of a specially designed license plate for people convicted of drunk driving, and a requirement that all sentences be served consecutively, not concurrently. More

 

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