Admit it. You probably thought Richard Jewell was the Centennial Park assassin after the FBI declared him a key suspect and psychologists went on the air to describe how he fit the profile of a “lone bomber”. I know I fell for it. Mr. Jewell prot
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One neighborhood in Colorado has taken on drunk driving using common sense. In a story reported here, a community in Bradburn, Colorado, has used suburban planning and neighborhood design to keep its residents safe and out of jail, as well as address
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Several weeks ago I blogged and questioned whether all of the continually increasing harshness of the Kansas DUI law was having any effect, whatsoever, on drinking and driving and the safety of the roads. There was a major overhaul of the Kansas DUI
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The states of Kansas and Missouri are both undertaking an aggressive DUI crackdown campaign between now and Labor Day 2007. The Kansas campaign is funded by a grant from Kansas Department of Transportation and is titled: “Drunk Driving: Over th
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Olathe conducted a checklane on July 28, 2007 and stopped a whopping 1,290 vehicles. They got 14 DUI arrests. That is about 1.1%. Another way to look at it is that they had a 98.9% failure rate. 1,276 people who weren’t intoxicated were stopped
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Generally, in Kansas, a DUI can be proven either of 2 ways: (1) by showing that a driver submitted a blood, breath or urine test of .08 or greater within 2 hours of driving a vehicle, or (2) that a driver was so under the influence of alcohol or drug
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Also known as “Roadside Gymnastics” or “Stupid Human Tricks”, the so-called “Field Sobriety Tests” don’t really measure whether a person is under the influence of alcohol or not. In addition to some exercises
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