August 2009 - Posts

• “How Can You Defend Drunk Drivers?”

  First off, I don’t defend drunk drivers:  I defend citizens who have been accused of being drunk drivers.  And no, that is not just a technicality — at least not in this country.  Not yet. But it always surprises me how many people are outraged that I would defend someone accused by the police of a crime – particularly when it’s DUI.  Arrest [...] Posted Aug 20 2009, 06:26 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• How Smoking Can Affect Your Breathalyzer Test Results

  I have mentioned that a primary problem with blood alcohol analysis is that no two individuals are alike in their physiology and metabolism of alcohol (see, for example, Convicting the Average Person, Racial Differences in the Metabolism of Alcohol and High Blood Alcohol - or a Zinc Deficiency?. Further, many foreign compounds can influence attempts to measure blood [...] Posted Aug 15 2009, 07:30 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• The Difference Between DUI and DWT is….?

  A rash of recent studies confirm that DWT (driving while texting) is more dangerous than DUI.  For that matter, so is driving while talking on a cell phone.  See, for example,  my previous posts Inebriated or Texting: Which is More Dangerous While Driving?  and Feds Crack Down on DUI…and Cover Up DWT.  Presumably, the punishment for DWT reflects the greater [...] Posted Aug 11 2009, 11:28 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• DUI Suspect Shot by Bounty Hunters

  Maybe MADD’s "War on Drunk Driving" has gotten a little out of control.  From yesterday’s Los Angeles Times: Bounty Hunter Shoots Man in Sun Valley Sun Valley, CA.  Aug. 3 –Three bounty hunters were involved in a shooting after they tried to arrest a suspect in Sun Valley who was wanted in connection with a misdemeanor DUI [...] Posted Aug 04 2009, 10:43 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• MADD Criticizes Obama for Beer Summit

  It’s interesting that Mothers Against Drunk Driving has taken no position against texting or talking on a cell phone while driving — practices which have repeatedly been proven more dangerous than drunk driving.  See, for example, Inebriated or Texting: Which is More Dangerous?.  If anyone still questions MADD’s underlying agenda…. MADD, Industry Clash Over Beer Summit Politico.com.  Aug 3 –President Barack Obama’s beer summit may have [...] Posted Aug 03 2009, 04:06 PM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• DUI on a Horse

  More idiocy from the "War on Drunk Driving" front… Charges Dropped in "DUI On Horse" Case Dalton, CA.  Aug. 1 –Two men charged in for driving under the influence on a horse have had their charges dropped… District Attorney Kermit McManus told the Citizen that it came down to distinctions in the case–between a vehicle and a horse.  [...] Posted Aug 02 2009, 01:37 PM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Cops Frame Woman for DUI

  How easy is it for a cop to frame someone for drunk driving?  Very….if you forget there’s a video tape running in the patrol car: Charges Dropped Against Woman Framed by Cops Miami, FL.  July 29 – Alexandra Torrensvilas was the target of cops who pinned a DUI on her for an accident they caused. Now she has [...] Posted Aug 02 2009, 10:49 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog