So You Think You Want A New Car…
Ahhh that new car smell. Sirius satellite radio. Plush leather seats. Burled walnut dash. Cool new hands-free parallel parking. Pre-installed breathalyzer, a permanent ignition interlock device if you will. What? Wait a minute! Could such technology actually prevent OWIs? According a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health the answer is yes. Installing […]
Higher Alcohol Taxes May Lead To Fewer Drunk-Driving Deaths
Higher alcohol taxes in Illinois are associated with a decrease in alcohol-related car crash deaths, a new study finds. “Similar alcohol tax increases implemented across the country could prevent thousands of deaths from car crashes each year,” Alexander Wagenaar, a professor in the department of health outcomes and policy at the University of Florida in […]
IRS AGENTS DIVERSIFY BY OFFERING WITNESS ASSISTANCE IN DWI CASES
IRS AGENTS DIVERSIFY BY OFFERING WITNESS ASSISTANCE IN DWI CASES (At least in their own cases) PORTSMOUTH — An Internal Revenue Service agent used her federal work email to tamper with a witness to her pending driving while intoxicated case, police allege. Based on those allegations, police on Wednesday arrested Renee Williams, 44, of 178 Portsmouth […]
What’s Worse: Driving Drunk or Texting While Driving?
ORLANDO, FL, March 23, 2015 — PersonalInjury.com, the definitive source to find personal injury news stories and to find experienced injury attorneys, today called for texting behind the wheel to be treated like drunk driving. “Studies have found that texting while driving is far more dangerous than driving while intoxicated. Why doesn’t the law treat it […]