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In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the technical name of a drunk driving criminal charge is operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. There is no question that driving while on drugs can be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated with liquor.

marijuana-plant-52691-mThis is the focus of recent article from CNN. According to the author, driving under the influence of marijuana has increased, as has driving under the influence of other types of drugs. National statistics show that the percentage of drugged driving rose from just over 12 percent on 2007 to more than 15 percent last year and the year before. This data did not come from chemical testing of suspects after they were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but rather the results of voluntary roadside surveys conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety information (NHTSA). It was not only based upon questions asked of the drivers, but blood and saliva samples were also taken. Continue reading

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When we think of drunk driving, we typically think of someone driving a car or truck while intoxicated. It is also important to understand that drunk driving doesn’t always have to involve a car. A person can be charged with drunk driving on a bicycle, pedicab, scooter, or anything else with wheels, with the one exception of a wheelchair. The reason a person cannot be charged with drunk driving in a wheelchair is because it would be discriminatory and the same as charging a person with a crime for walking while drunk.

scooters-2-1422147While it may seem strange to charge someone with the crime of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (OUI) on a non-traditional vehicle, the Massachusetts legislature made the law this way because, for example, driving a moped while drunk is dangerous and can result in a serious accident. Continue reading

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Drunk driving is a crime, and in some ways it is like any other crime. However, there are several things that separate drunk driving from other crimes. One of these things is that many drunk drivers do not have a past criminal record. Even though drunk driving is dangerous and can and does result in deadly car accidents, the average drunk driving offender is not exactly a career criminal.

1316049_untitledHowever, when a first-time drunk driver gets convicted of drunk driving, one would expect that he or she would learn his or her lesson and never do it again. This does not seem to be the case, as drunk driving has one of the highest recidivism rates year after year. Continue reading

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People living in cities like Boston are constantly using ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft to get around town and get home from bars. While these services were not around a few years ago, now people can’t seem to live without them.

file000240171319According to a recent article from Fox News, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is really stressing the living portion of that expression. MADD and Uber are teaming up, as they have in the past, to curb drunk driving. It makes sense from the perspectives of both Uber and MADD. MADD wants to stop people from driving drunk by getting them to take a ride from a sober driver, and Uber wants to get paid for having their sober drivers give people a ride home. Continue reading

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According to recent news article from the Washington Post, a Sergeant Major in the United States Army was standing in his driveway in Fayetteville, N.C. around 9:30 in the morning. He was loading the bed of his pickup truck for a Veteran’s Day weekend fishing trip when a drunk driver struck him.

austintexasriverboarAfter being a veteran of two wars, and after serving 22 years in the military, he was pinned between the bumper of his truck and hood of defendant’s car, and he could smell his flesh burning on the engine of the other car. His truck had been pushed nearly 100 feet from where it was parked and bent in a mangled mess of metal and auto parts. Continue reading

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Some drunk driving car accidents result in personal injury and others result in only property damage. Some of the worst car accidents result in serious personal injury and significant property damage.

mmsIFfoAccording to a recent news article from CBS Boston, a mom allegedly crashed her car while she was driving with her two kids in the car. This defendant is a 32-year-old woman from Lowell, Massachusetts. Authorities alleged she was driving under the influence of alcohol when she crashed her car into a utility pole. As a result of the allegedly alcohol-related car crash, her 12-year-old child is believed to have suffered a fractured or broken ankle and was taken to the hospital, along with the young victim’s seven-year-old sibling.

The utility pole was destroyed in the crash, and this caused a series of power lines to fall on the road, closing the road until much later, when emergency utility repair crews could come out and clean up the damage. The road that closed was also the only entry access into a local public school, so the school had to close as well.   Continue reading

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Many people get arrested for drunk driving and realize it is a serious matter and do whatever they can to get an expungement of their criminal record and stay out of trouble. This is especially true of college students who have goals of going to law school or medical school, entering the United States military or pursuing any other kind of future employment that requires a criminal background check.

mlJGGaqHowever, there are, of course, people on the other side of the spectrum that do not treat their arrest, possible conviction and criminal record with discretion.

According to a recent news article from Time, a 20-year-old college student was arrested for drunk driving, and she refused to take an alcohol breath test. Under the law in her jurisdiction, as well as the law in most states, refusal to submit to chemical testing (blood, breath or urine) results in an automatic suspension of driving privileges in the state. Continue reading

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Nobody wants to get arrested for drunk driving. Obviously, nobody wants to get involved in drunk driving car accident, but as we can see from the many anti-drunk driving billboards and commercials around the country, most prospective drunk driving drivers fear being arrested more than they do being in an alcohol-related car accident.

1316049_untitledFor this reason, many people will do or say almost anything to avoid being arrested for drunk driving. While many will pray as the officer sits in his or her car and runs the suspect’s driving record, it seems some people will go even further to avoid getting arrested for drunk driving. According to a recent news article from Huffington Post, one female DUI suspect allegedly offered oral sex to the police and “other things” if they would release her without charging her with DUI. Continue reading

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According to a recent news article from the Morning Sentinel, a Massachusetts man was arrested for driving a stolen motor vehicle while drunk and then crashing.   Authorities say the 34-year-old defendant was heading northbound when another driver on the same road noticed he was driving in an erratic manner.

mPIXIhIThe other motorist called 911, because he was concerned about defendant possibly causing a serious car accident, based upon how he had been driving. A sheriff’s deputy responded to the dispatch, but by the time he located the suspect, the suspect had allegedly crashed. When the deputy arrived at the scene of the crash, he reports to having seen the suspect unloading things from the disabled vehicle and loading them into another car. Continue reading

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While drunk driving car accidents, including alcohol-related fatal car accidents, are always problems, there are certain times of year when we see perennial increases in drunk driving incidents. There is a noted increase around the holidays between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day in the fall and winter, along with this time of year, at the end of the summer, when we tend to see a large increase in drunk driving accidents as well.

125242_moralization_-_1It is for this reason the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) runs its annual “Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over” anti-drunk driving public safety campaign around this time of year. According to a recent news article from the Wall Street Journal, the three-week annual campaign goes from late August through Labor Day. Labor day is one of the times when we typically see big increases in drunk driving arrests and drunk driving car accidents. Continue reading

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