An interesting case occurred in Los Angeles. An officer noticed a car driving erratically on a side street. He pulled the car over expecting to find a drunk driver. Instead, he found a nine-year-old girl behind the wheel - with her drunk mom sitting beside her and her mom's boyfriend (also drunk) in the back seat. Apparently the woman thought that having her sober daughter drive...

The National Transportation Safety Board has come out in favor of lowering the national BAC limit for impaired driving. Currently, the national limit is .08. However, the NTSB claims that impairment starts well before an individual has reached the current limit and, in actuality, the limit should be lowered to .05 - or more! Given that one out of three highway deaths involve alcohol impairment, they...

Minnesota has made it a crime to refuse a DWI test. So, if you are suspected of DWI and refuse, say, a breathalyzer, you will be arrested and charged with a crime. What is before the Supreme Court here is the following issue: Since a breathalyzer is a "search" being conducted without a warrant, is it legal? The Supreme Court will hear arguments pro and con...

The New Year did not get off to a great start for Juan Pablo Garcia of Los Angeles. He was an Uber driver. Uber drivers are never required to respond to calls for pick ups. However, at 1 am New Years' Day, Juan Pablo responded to the request of 19 year old Arlene Mendez for a lift. She was terrified as the intoxicated Juan Pablo...

If you live in Pennsylvania you live in one of many states that have an Implied Consent law. This means that if you are arrested on suspicion of DUI you automatically give consent to be tested for your BAC (Blood Alcohol Content). One man, who was arrested for DUI, gave consent to a breathalyzer or urine test, but did not give consent for a blood...