Barron Nicholas Hilton II, one of socialite Paris Hilton’s two younger brothers, has been ordered by an L.A. County Superior Court jury to pay a $4.9 million fine in a civil suit related to a DUI charge. Hilton was sued by Fernando Tellez, who was hit and injured by Hilton’s Mercedes Benz in a 2008 [...]

As the weather for riding gets better and more motorcyclists begin to hit the roads, I wanted to start talking about motorcycle safety. Since bikes leave their riders completely exposed, the chance of serious injury or death is so much greater in the event of a motorcycle accident. As a result, it is absolutely vital to [...]

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 [...]

Colorado is a state that takes its beer seriously. It is also, due to its elevation, a place where that same beer can go to your head faster than in many other places in the U.S. I’m sure it is a contributing factor in the state’s drunk driving statistics. “But it’s only beer, it’s not [...]

When a drunk driver is pulled over, it is the amount of alcohol in his blood that determines if he or she is indeed drunk according to law. A new bill, House Bill 1261, would institute a similar blood content rule for drivers who have been ingesting marijuana in Colorado. The bill states that a [...]

It’s nice to be able to share some positive news for a change. Anne Imse, a writer for the Colorado Springs Gazette, writes: The number of people killed on Colorado highways dropped 5 percent last year from the previous year to 439, continuing a dramatic decline in the state’s road-death toll. Nine years ago, 743 [...]

What causes more teen fatalities than cancer, suicide, and homicide combined? Motor vehicle accidents. Don’t believe it? Here is the pertinent quote from a recent, unattributed article in New Jersey Today: ‘More teenagers die from car crashes than from cancer, homicide, and suicide combined,’ reports Michael Rosen, MD, director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at [...]

Drunk driving. Before we can properly discuss it, we need to define it. DMV.org provides the following legal definitions for DUI and DWAI (BAC stands for Blood Alcohol Concentration): Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs (DUI): A DUI is the more serious offense of the two and has consequences that are extremely costly both [...]

The number of injuries and fatalities caused by intoxicated driving is truly staggering, whether examined at a local, regional, or national, level. In the ongoing battle against drunk driving, organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have formed, laws have been enacted, penalties have been intensified, and awareness campaigns have been implemented. Now, in the age of social [...]