January 2010 - Posts

• …and DUIs on Bicycles

  A few minutes ago I posted about an arrest yesterday for driving a golf cart under the influence.  Then I stumbled over this news story from the same day: Man on Bicycle Charged with DUI Naples, FL.  Jan. 26 — A Tampa man riding a bicycle was charged with driving under the influence [...] Posted Jan 27 2010, 10:53 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• More MADDness…

  If you ever doubted that MADD’s "War on Drunk Driving" was more about alcohol than saving lives… Man on Golf Cart Arrested for Drunk Driving Bonifay, FL.  Jan. 26 — Florida State Troopers were on the scene of a fatal accident on County Road 177 Tuesday afternoon when Jerry Ogburn drove up on a golf cart just [...] Posted Jan 27 2010, 10:31 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• The New Vigilantes

  So where do we go next in MADD’s hysterical War on Drunk Driving? Craig’s List DUI Busters Milwaukee, WI.  Jan. 22 — We’re all fed up with drunk drivers. Some people on the popular website Craigslist have decided they’ve had enough, and they want to put a stop to it. They call themselves the DUI Busters, but [...] Posted Jan 25 2010, 05:42 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• When Does the Insanity End?

  So you thought the crime of drunk driving required….well, driving? High court: Asleep at wheel, not driving, enough to get a DWI Minneapolis, MN.  Jan. 21 — Being drunk and asleep at the wheel of his car while it was parked in his apartment lot with the keys on the console was sufficient evidence to convict a [...] Posted Jan 22 2010, 07:12 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• DUI Entrapment

  Suppose a police officer asks or orders an individual to drive a vehicle — and then arrests him for DUI when he complies? This situation comes up more often than you might think. Take, for example, the following case that eventually made its way to the New Jersey Supreme Court…. The defendant asked his brothers at [...] Posted Jan 18 2010, 01:12 PM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Unveiling…My New Author Website

  Please excuse the blatant self-promotion, but….. Most of the readers of this blog are aware that I’m the author of two books on DUI laws, procedures and evidence:  Drunk Driving Defense, 6th edition (I wrote the original edition 31 years ago) and California Drunk Driving Defense, 4th edition.  Unrelated to the DUI field, however, I’ve also [...] Posted Jan 13 2010, 12:05 PM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• More Fresh Air….

  Three days ago I posted an example of what appears to be a growing backlash against the practical and constitutional damages being wrought by MADD’s out-of-control "War on Drunk Driving".  See A Breath of Fresh Air.  Another example of this rational but politically incorrect view was recently presented by the President of the National Motorists [...] Posted Jan 11 2010, 06:29 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• A Breath of Fresh Air

  In today’s Is-the-tide-turning department, this from the Ron Paul blog: Cuccinelli and Drunk Driving Laws Drunk driving laws don’t often come up as a campaign issue, but when they do my reaction isn’t always what the person who brings them up in a campaign usually intends. DUI law in our country is chock full of gross violations [...] Posted Jan 08 2010, 10:33 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• DUI Offenders Politically Re-Classified as “Violent”, Returned to Prison

  In today’s DUI double standard department: Early Release Sends Some DUI Offenders Back to Prison Chicago, IL.  Dec. 25 — Anti-drunken driving advocates reacted angrily earlier this week when the Chicago Sun-Times revealed that Gov. Quinn’s administration had released 18 felony drunken drivers from prison early to serve the rest of their prison time on home confinement. On [...] Posted Jan 04 2010, 09:17 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog