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California DUI Deaths The Lowest in 58 Years
California’s DUI deaths last year reached their lowest level since 1952, and they went through the largest annual decrease in 14 years, according to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A total of 791 people were killed in DUI crashes on California roadways last year, compared with 950 in 2009. There were [...]
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Riverside DUI Lawyers
Riverside, California DUI Attorney Manuel J. Barba is a Drunk Driving lawyer dedicated to defending people accused of Drunk Driving, DUI, DWI, and Driving Under the Influence. If you or a loved one has been arrested for DUI – Drunk Driving, it is essential to have expert DUI legal representation to protect your rights and [...]
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MADD Doesn’t Like California Bill
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is speaking out against a pending bill that would restrict the ability of officers to enforce certain laws during sobriety checkpoints. According to the advocacy group, Assembly Bill 1389 condones driving without a valid driver’s license by preventing law enforcement from enforcing current laws meant to protect people on roadways, such [...]
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Millions Generated From Cars Impounded at DUI Checkpoints
DUI checkpoints are making too much money and not doing enough to stop drunken driving, according to some lawmakers in California. Those lawmakers pushed legislation — bills AB-1389 and AB-353 — that aims to curb the millions of dollars that are made off the cars that are impounded at DUI checkpoints. 10News learned police are [...]
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CA Assemblyman Charged With DUI
Former Assembly Republican leader Martin Garrick was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly speeding through a downtown neighborhood in a state-owned car. The incident occurred hours after the Legislature approved an ill-fated state budget, which was vetoed Thursday morning by Gov. Jerry Brown. Garrick, 58, a married father of four grown children, [...]
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CA Lawmaker Looks to Regulate DUI Checkpoints
A Santa Rosa assemblyman is pushing a bill that would set rules for how police run DUI/license checkpoints, particularly targeting the impoundment of vehicles and being more specific about where the checkpoints will be. But the bill is generating some waves in the state’s law enforcement community. Assemblyman Michael Allen, a Democrat, said he was [...]
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Cops called it the “Year of the Checkpoint” in California.
But it might as well have been called the Year of Taking Your Car. Because, while the number of DUI checkpoints in fiscal 2010 was double that of 2009, there were six cars impounded for every one DUI arrest, according to California Watch. It also reports there were 1,050 of the state-funded checkpoints during the [...]
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Tough California DUI Law Slow to Show Results
Eight months after it was enacted, what was supposed to be a tough measure against drunken driving is having little effect in four test counties, including Sacramento. The law requires anyone convicted of drunken driving to get an ignition interlock device, commonly known by the Breathalyzer brand name, installed on his or her car for [...]
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MADD Honors CA Deputies With Most 2010 DUI Arrests
Law enforcement officials from all over San Diego County were on hand Wednesday afternoon for an a awards ceremony commemorating officers and deputies with the most DUI arrests in 2010. The top honors went to Deputy David Toner, an 18-year veteran who works the night shift in the Encinitas Sheriff’s Station. Toner made 187 DUI [...]
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CA Law Would Make a DUI Conviction Permanent
A Riverside County lawmaker introduced legislation today that would make a DUI conviction part of a person’s permanent criminal record, instead of wiping out the convictions after a decade as currently done. “Unfortunately, everyone has been impacted by the harmful act of a drunk driver in some way,” said Sen. Bill Emmerson, R-Hemet. “Current DUI [...]
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