Smartphone apps are great, but not when they make the roads more hazardous by helping drunk drivers avoid the police. So it’s good news that Apple has finally announced its store will stop carrying new apps that tip drivers off to those drunk driving checkpoints that haven’t already been disclosed by the police. It was [...]

As you may have noticed, I tend to write about car accidents often. From mechanical failure to drunk driving, it runs the gamut. Today is going to be a bit different, though. Today, we are going to take a look at the unusual and the odd: Brakes are important, as the owners of a red [...]

Good morning, everybody! Today is Thursday, and its time for Ten Things Thursday, where we look back at the issues we’ve covered here since the beginning of 2011. Today, as we promised last week, the subject is intoxicated driving and the car accidents it can cause. Let’s start by taking a quick look at some [...]

Driving while intoxicated is a huge problem on roads across the country, and it can show up in the most disturbing and surprising places. Take the arrest made in suburban Philadelphia a few days ago. Honestly, how often do you see an ice cream truck weaving through traffic? Well, that is exactly what happened in [...]

The “Stoner Bill”, the “Pot DUI Bill”, the “Stoned Driving Bill” — no matter what you call it, HB1261 died on the floor of the Colorado House of Representatives on Monday night. The controversial bill (which I have covered earlier in this blog here and here) would have a set a blood THC level similar [...]

With the arrest of Cleveland Indians’ outfielder Shin-Soo Choo last Monday, the total now stands at six MLB players who have been arrested for DUI-related charges. Here are a few details of the incident with Choo, as reported by the Associated Press on The Hutchinson News: According to police, a patrolman first spoke to Choo [...]

After a six-hour deliberation last Thursday, a jury awarded more than $350,000 to an 8-year-old boy. The case in question concerns an auto accident in 2009 in which young Damon Marquand survived, but his mother and and another man did not. Carlos Illescas, a reporter for The Denver Post, provides a brief summary: Damon was [...]

A legislative committee has delayed a measure in Colorado that would set a legal limit on the amount of THC in the blood when driving, just like alcohol. THC is the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, the part that actually intoxicates you. The state legislature’s bill, HR 1261, would set a limit to blood-THC levels of 5 nanograms / [...]

All kinds of public awareness campaigns exist across the United States to combat drunk driving. Let’s take a look at a new initiative in Texas that’s focusing on the designated driver. Pamela Cosel, a digital content producer for KXAN, gives us a quick summary: The Texas Department of Transportation is launching a new campaign designed [...]

I see a lot of reports on motor vehicle accidents in my research for this blog. One thing that still surprises me is the number of those caused by someone driving the wrong way down a street or highway. As a matter of fact, this type of accident is gaining national attention due to its [...]