There a loophole in Massachusetts’ drunk driving law and officials with the state are trying to close it, according to the Boston Globe. Recently, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that drivers who admit that there’s enough evidence for drunken driving conviction but aren’t technically convicted are not subject to certain…
Historically, the rates for drunk driving car accidents in Boston and elsewhere are typically a lot higher on holiday weekends, just like the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. We’ve always seen a significant increase in the number of roadway accidents during this time. Drunk driving-related statistics illustrate that there are more…
Teens are closing up their books and are hitting our roadways in full force with the end of the school year. Proms are wrapping up and teens are walking across the stage for that hard-earned diploma. What they’re doing after that is concerning many and parents are in on it,…
Cinco de Mayo is right this week and you better believe that residents and visitors to the City of Boston will be hitting the town to celebrate this wild holiday. You can bet there’s going to be a lot of tequila shots passed around. According to PubCrawls.com, Cinco de Mayo…
A teenage driver is facing a slew of charges after a drunk driving car accident that happened over the weekend. The accident was the result of a police chase and two prior accidents in Beverly. According to ABC5, the first collision happened just before 2:00 a.m. near Cabot Street. After…
A recent car accident in Stoneham, killed an innocent woman and ended up causing a second accident. Just seconds later at the scene of the first accident, an alleged drunk driver slammed into and demolished a responding officer’s vehicle, according to the Boston Globe. These kinds of accidents, and the…
Getting back behind the wheel after being arrested and charged for drunk driving in Massachusetts and elsewhere may by a little too easy nowadays. These sentences just don’t seem to be holding up in court. Offenders are being let off with little to no punishments and it’s endangering motorists nationwide.…
As students across the state round out the school year, they’ve got plenty of things to look forward to. Some students are finishing their spring breaks, and right after that they get to look forward to prom and summer break. This is also a time when teenagers across the state…
According to a recent investigation conducted by The Boston Globe, nearly 90 percent of cases regarding drunk driving accidents in Massachusetts and other related convictions in the state never make it to court. What the investigation concluded is that most drivers facing drunk-driving charges plead out, pay some fines, temporarily…
The U.S. Senate recently passed Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), a program used to help reduce the risks of drunk-driving car accidents in Roslindale and elsewhere. Included in MAP-21 is the ROADS SAFE Act and $12 million in funds to help researchers in creating, testing and…