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While most drunk driving car accidents involved defendants operating a personal motor vehicle, some accidents involve an at-fault driver behind wheel of a large commercial vehicle, such a semi-tractor trailer or even a fully loaded dump truck carrying 80,000 pounds of gravel.

truck-1560934-300x167Large commercial motor vehicles take an extremely long time to stop, even under ideal conditions. For example, a loaded dump truck traveling at 55 mph would take more than a football field in length to come to a complete stop. When a driver is operating a large commercial vehicle and is tailgating a car in front of them, this is a recipe for disaster if the front car slams on its brakes. Continue reading

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A vehicle ignition interlock is a device that some states require to be installed on the cars of repeat drunk driving offenders. The device consists of a breath test tube in which the driver must blow before starting the vehicle.

breathalyzerOriginally, alcohol interlock devices were only used prior to starting the car. However, it became apparent that many intoxicated drivers were having a sober person blow into the tube, so they could start the car before driving away. This is what prosecutors call a “blow and go.” Now, the device can alert the driver at any time, and he or she is required to blow into the tube again to keep the car running. There were many who were concerned this could result in a serious danger to the driver if his or her vehicle shut down in a unsafe location and would not restart, but the companies manufacturing the devices say they have designed their respective systems say they were made in a way that will not occur. Continue reading

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All over America, people are gearing up to celebrate the July 4th holiday with family, fireworks, cookouts and, quite often, booze. austintexasriverboar

Generally, there is nothing wrong with adults imbibing in a few brews at a gathering. But there is nothing patriotic about getting behind the wheel after doing so.

Consistently, the Fourth of July has been labeled the most dangerous holiday of the year in terms of crashes.This has to do with the fact that most people are off work, usually for several days at a time, it’s summer time and people are more apt to not only drink but feel obligated to travel to more than one destination.

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Anyone who is old enough to remember the Partridge Family will surely remember former child actor and drummer David Cassidy from the popular television show. According to a recent report from The Boston Herald, Cassidy was sentenced following his plea of guilty to one of his charges of drunk driving.
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According to a recent news report from CBS Boston, a fatal car crash in Beverly, Mass. was allegedly related to driver being intoxicated while driving. Authorities report an alleged drunk driver ran a red traffic signal and crashed into a pickup truck. This crash resulted in the death of a 45-year-old woman from Peabody who was a passenger in the alleged at-fault driver’s SUV.

1342726_alcohol.jpgThe accident occurred late on a Sunday night on Route 62. First responders arrived, began to provide immediate medical attention to the passenger of the SUV, and transported her to a local hospital. Doctors were unable to save her as a result of the severity of her injuries, and they pronounced her dead later that night.

Authorities also say the 48-year-old driver of the pickup truck that defendant allegedly ran into was also seriously injured in the crash and was taken to the same hospital as SUV passenger who died in the accident. He was reported to be in critical condition.
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While some national statistics show drunk driving incidents and arrests in somewhat of a decline, this does not appear to be the case everywhere, especially in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

12754_hand_cuffs.jpgIn the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, drunk driving, when used in the criminal context, is actually called operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (OUI) instead of the terms DUI and DWI, which are commonly used in the media and in other jurisdictions.
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According to a recent report from Pop Sugar, police arrested a woman for drunk driving who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol with her four minor children in the car.

babyseat.jpgAuthorities say they pulled over the 33-year-old mother in Florida on suspicion of drunk driving. Officers noticed she had her four children – ages 4, 3, 1 and 2 months – in the car with her at the time or her arrest.

Police then asked her to submit to a series of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs), and, while she was willing to perform the tests, she immediately began breastfeeding her newborn baby. While original reports stated defendant was breastfeeding her child while she was driving her vehicle, these accounts have since been corrected to indicate the breastfeeding occurred during the field sobriety test phase of her arrest process.
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Police are always looking for creative ideas for public service campaigns to curb drunk driving. One of the reasons for this is drunk driving often results in serious personal injury and lost lives of innocent people who were not driving drunk.

taxi-bubble-sign-1442111-m.jpgAccording to a recent news feature from News 6 South Florida, Miami police have come up with a creative idea of their own to warn people about the dangers of drunk driving. The police have taken a standard marked police car with full lights and sirens and painted the rear half of the vehicle to look like an ordinary yellow taxicab.

The police car also features a warning that tells people they should choose their ride home after a night of drinking, in that they can take a cab and get home safe or they can drive drunk and risk getting a ride in a patrol car on their way to a holding cell after being arrested for drunk driving. Police say the car is designed to literally show people the choice they face for how they will end their night.
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A Massachusetts woman was recently arrested for driving her minivan drunk at 111 mph.

This news comes from a recent news article published by the Franklin Sun Journal.

1360987_car_speed.jpgAuthorities say the incident occurred late on a Sunday afternoon. A state trooper clocked her speed as she passed him on a stretch of road where the speed limit is 55 mph. When she allegedly failed to stop immediately for his activated lights and sirens, he gave chase.

After eventually getting driver to pull over, trooper approached her vehicle and immediately suspected she was under the influence of alcohol. At the state trooper’s barracks, he administered a breath alcohol test on defendant, and she reportedly blew a 0.14. As our Boston drunk driving accident lawyers understand, this is nearly two times the state and federal legal limit of 0.08 grams of ethanol per 100 milliliters of blood.
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According to a recent news article form the New York Daily News, a retired New York Police Department (NYPD) officer was just arrested for his alleged involvement in a drunk driving car accident.

PoliceLights.jpgAuthorities say the 44-year-old NYPD retired veteran crashed his 1999 Toyota sedan into another car being driven by a 35-year-old man making a turn at an intersection. Emergency responders reported immediately to the scene of the alleged drunk driving crash and treated the victim before taking him to a local hospital. According to hospital officials, the victim of this serious drunk driving crash was listed as being in “grave” condition following his arrival to the hospital.

The retired police officer was placed under arrest for suspicion of drunk driving and taken to the local police station, where he was booked and processed before being released with a date to appear in court for his arraignment. It should be noted, this retired police officer has not been convicted of drunk driving or any other crime in connection with his alleged alcohol-related car accident and is presumed innocent unless and until he is found guilty in a court of law.
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