Driving Under the Influence

Under the Influence

Dinah Lenney | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Sobriety Checkpoints, Dui, Driving Under the Influence, Dui Checkpoints, Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoints, Pasadena, Crime News
Dinah Lenney

"Have you had anything to drink, Madam?" asked the patrolman. I wasn't drunk and I wasn't worried. I was a middle-aged woman in possession of a driver's license, conservatively dressed, honest to a fault and I assumed all that worked in my favor.

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Do Teens Think Driving While High Is No Big Deal?

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Video, Marijuana Driving Study, Smoking Marijunana, Marijuana, Marijuana Teens, Driving Under the Influence, Marijuana Use Among Teens, Marijuana Driving Risks, Teens and Marijuana, Marijuana Use Among Teens Study, Driving While High, Marijuana and Driving, High School News

According to a new study, marijuana use among teens is currently at its highest level in 30 years and 19 percent of teen drivers reported driving unde...

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Drunk Driver Speeds 18 Miles On Wrong Side Of Highway

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Drunk Driving, Woman Drives Wrong Way on Highway, Video, Pamela Drawsby, Washington Crime, Driving Under the Influence, Reckless Driving, Washington, Weird News News

That is one bad trip. A 60-year-old woman allegedly drove nearly 18 miles at dangerously high speeds while heading north on the southbound side of ...

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The Top Ten "Stupid Stoner Stories" of 2011

Russ Belville | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Lakeisha Owens, Children, Stupid, Marijuana-Possession, Jeffrey Hoydic, Clarissa Johnson, Robert-Watson, Driving Under the Influence, Sgt. John Terrel, Busted, Child, Bho, Joel Dobrin, Butane Hash Oil, Locksmith, Sean Corwin, Cocaine, Parents, Weird News News
Russ Belville

In many of these stories, the stupid is someone simply wanting police help and wouldn't even merit a ticket if pot weren't illegal... so don't forget that the biggest stupid is prohibiting adult use of marijuana in the first place.

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Russian Diplomat Caught Driving 15 Times Over Legal Limit

Posted 11.22.2011

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This Russian diplomat may have had more than a few too many. The Moscow Times reports that an unidentified diplomat was pulled over near Gdansk, Po...

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Fewer People Driving Drunk, Report Finds

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.04.2011

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ATLANTA — Drunken driving incidents have fallen 30 percent in the last five years, and last year were at their lowest mark in nearly two decades...

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School Bus Driver Faces DUI Charge After Drunk Driving Students

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Drunk Driving, New Hampshire Schools, Video, Windham New Hampshire, School Bus Driver, School Bus Safety, Drinking on the Job, Bus Driver, School Bus Driver Drunk, School Buses, Bus Driver Drunk, Dui, Driving Under the Influence, Education News

WINDHAM, N.H. — A New Hampshire school bus driver is facing drunken driving charges after police say she struck a mailbox with her bus while tra...

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Victim Asks Judge To Show Mercy After Tragic DUI

Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Drunk Driving, Denver Impact, Victim Forgives Dui, Kevin Bascue, Dui, Forgiveness, Driving Under the Influence, Denver News, Debra Devoe, Denver News

How's this for forgive and forget? A Grand Junction man hit by a drunk driver and forced to endure 10 surgeries after his legs were destroyed has ask...

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'Drugged Driving' Target Of New Campaign (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Video, Colorado Department of Transportation, Marijuana Driving, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Drugged Driving Campaign, Colorado State Patrol, Driving Under the Influence, Drugged-Driving, Colorado DUI, Denver News

Move over, DUI, there's a new menace in town: the DUI. Despite sharing the same acronym, 'drugged driving,' is the focus of a Colorado Department of ...

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Secret Service Agent Arrested For DUI

AP | Posted 10.17.2011

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DECORAH, Iowa (Associated Press)-- A Secret Service agent on assignment in Iowa to help with presidential security has been arrested on suspicion of d...

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3 Men And A Gator Go For A Ride

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Roy Griffith, Alligaotrs, Dumb Crime, Off-Road-Vehicle, Dumb Criminals, Dui, Driving Under the Influence, Weird Michigan, Animals in the News, Off-Road, Gator, Douglas Ward, John Sanborn, Weird News News

HOWELL, Mich. -- Authorities say three intoxicated men stole a 14-foot flattened and preserved alligator, strapped it to a pickup truck and took it of...

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Drunken Driving Suspect Arrested -- Twice Within Six Hours

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Drunken Driving, Eleanor Thompson, Legal Limit, Dumb Crime, Weird North Carolina, Driving While Impaired, Burlington, Dui, Driving Under the Influence, North Carolina, Weird News News

Make that a double. Police in North Carolina arrested Eleanor Anderson Thompson for drunken driving on June 10 twice within a six hour period. A...

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Motorcycle DUI Suspect Blames Wreck On 'Boogeyman'

Posted 11.15.2011

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Motorcycle accidents are certainly scary -- but police in Florida say they're not the work of the boogeyman. After being found trapped underneath a...

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Cops: Drunken Man Steals Steamroller, Gets Rolled Over

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Drunken Driving, Steamroller, Stolen Steamroller, Weird Canada, Sudbury, Ontario, Dumb Criminals, Dui, Driving Under the Influence, Joyride, Canada, Weird News News

This is no way to roll a drunk. Canadian law enforcement officials say a drunk man took a steamroller for a joyride, only to see that heavy machine...

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Cops: Man Beat Himself Up To Avoid Drunken Driving Charges

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Beat Himself Up, Drunken Driving, Dumb Crime, Daniel Vagnini, Connecticut, Farmington, Dui, Driving Under the Influence, Weird Connecticut, Punching Yourself, Weird News News

FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Connecticut police say a man punched himself in the face, tore his shirt and threw his wallet and keys in a river to convince pol...

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Cops: Drunk Man Opened Fire At Airplane

Posted 11.16.2011

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This suspect gives new meaning to the term "flight risk." Police in Arizona have locked up a man who allegedly shot an airplane while it was parked...

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Ohio DUI Suspect Keeps Cop Waiting At Taco Bell Drive-Thru

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

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NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio -- Police in Ohio say a woman insisted on picking up some fast food before she allowed an officer to charge her with drunken driv...

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Montana Lawmaker's Speech Perpetuates Boozy Image

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2011

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HELENA, Mont. -- A Montana lawmaker's speech railing against drunken driving laws is outraging activists and political opponents who say it perpetuate...

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Israel Nieves Arrested While Driving 5 MPH In 40 MPH Zone With Child Passenger: PCP Found

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloomfield, Driving, Speed Limit, Pcp, Connecticut, Farmington, Israel Nieves, Driving Under the Influence, New York News

FARMINGTON, Conn. — A 39-year-old driver was pulled over in Farmington this weekend where police said he was doing 5 mph in a 40 mph zone. Polic...

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Drunk Driving Causes One-Third Of Cook County Driving Accidents, Says New Study

Chicagoist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drunk Driving, Illinois, Driving Under the Influence, U.S. Department of Transportation, Traffic Accidents, Chicago, Chicago News

A new study by the Scripps Howard News Service found that a third of traffic deaths linked directly to drinking and driving, out of nearly 6,000 traff...

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Norridge Man Gets 10 Years In Prison After Seven DUIs

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 56-year-old Norridge man convicted of his seventh DUI offense has been sentenced to 10 years in prison....

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Sheldon Killpack Quits: Utah State Senator Resigns After DUI Arrest

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY — State Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack resigned from office Saturday, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of drivin...

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