A recent story from the Washington Post relates that the DC Police Department is acknowledging that 9 out of 10 of their breath testing machines are inaccurate and that they are reviewing all DUI cases from October of 2008 through February of 2010. T
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I was sent the article below from a friend. I don’t know what LewRockwell.com is all about or who the author Mark Crovelli is, but the point of the tongue-in-cheek essay is well-made. How To Convince Men To Drive Drunk by Mark R. Crovelli What
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Earlier in 2009, the National Academies of Science released a report which conclusively found serious deficiencies in the way that forensic criminology labs are run in America. The problems include a lack of standard certification programs for labs,
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Let’s face it, people are going to go out and drink alcohol. If one does, at least in this area of the country, your transportation choices primarily are limited to driving, walking or maybe taking a cab. There is nothing illegal, whatsoever, a
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I have blogged about this before in previous years, but a new study just released by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicates that, while traffic fatalities are down around the country, the state of Kansas saw a hug
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Governor Jay Nixon has announced his intentions to make Missouri DWI/DUI laws much harsher. Included in his proposal is a bill to make it a crime to refuse a breath test, require that those who blow over a .15 only be prosecuted in state court (as op
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A college student in Wisconsin was stung by the police for being a Minor in Possession of Alcohol (MIP) recently via Facebook. The kid had about 400 friends on Facebook and accepted the offer of what appeared to be a young, pretty girl to be friends
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