While this story doesn’t involve alcohol, it does involve speed and recklessness, two components of death and injury in the DUI arena. A 27 year-old saleswoman was out on a test drive a few days ago. Perhaps she was showing off. In any event, Amy Thomas lost control of a…
An Orange County prosecutor told a jury yesterday that Brittany Schuetz ignored her friends warnings not to drink and drive when she got into her car and later crashed into the car of April Whang, killing her instantly. Schuetz had been drinking at a house party in Sherman Oaks and…
This could have been much worse. Yonic Serafin Cardenas Patino, of Garden Grove, oiled up after a bit of drinking, crashed his minivan into Honda Civic and then into an OCTA bus filled with passengers. Patino won the Trifecta: He had an active warrant for a suspended license charge, he…
Plenty of fish to catch in the net, so the Newport Beach Police thought. They were right. It isn’t really hard, either. Newport Blvd. is Deuce Alley, a place rife with bars and the drunk drivers who leave them. I’m surprised they caught only six drivers in six hours. As…
South Orange County residents may not rest a little easier knowing that the Sheriff’s Department in Lake Forest is making progress in taming the DUI monster in Orange County. In a weird twist, DUI arrests were up in 2009, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. More than 57%. But accidents…
Shana Calderon’s life will never be the same again. The person who she ran into and killed on December 12 lost his life. Was it an accident? It seems so. But could it have been avoided? It seems it could have. Calderon had alcohol in her system and drug paraphernalia…
Californians, what does it cost to get a DUI? That has been the subject of numerous articles. As each year passes, new fines are piled on top of fines, costing the dui driver thousands and thousands of dollars, along with other little-known consequences. The average cost hovers over ten thousand…
According to a study done in Massachusetts, drivers who are forced to use an ignition interlock device on their car following their second DUI conviction are far less likely to suffer rearrest. Typically, DUI drivers who are on probation must blow into the device in order to start their car.…
Here’s a service that saves lives. If you have had too much to drink and don’t want to drive, call them. http://www.thelevfoundation.org/rides/ But here’s the kicker: The organization offers ideas for parents to communicate with their kids about alcohol and drugs. They also offer peer-to-peer mentoring and creates a healthy…
According to nationally compiled statistics, In the United States, 12.8% of all fatal traffic crashes were alcohol-related, and 40% of that number involved teens driving while drinking alcohol. This is a staggering number, and a preventable situation. Alcohol awareness is a catch-phrase. Teens need to understand first-hand what happens to…