Posted by duijim in on September 5, 2016

The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility reports that 8.7 million children in the United States between the ages of twelve and twenty consume alcohol. In accordance with a study conducted by Congress, the state of Georgia, 23.6 percent of children between the similar age of twelve and twenty reports drinking alcohol within the past month. (read more)

Posted by duijim in on September 3, 2016

Earlier this month, a woman in Georgia was carried unconscious into an emergency room with a blood alcohol concentration of .566 percent, which is approximately seven times the level above which it is legal to operate motor vehicles in the state of Georgia. The woman was found lying partially naked on the property of a (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 31, 2016

Last year, the Atlanta police announced the potential purchase of Atlanta police body cameras, but this plan promptly fell apart because law enforcement could not decide who should be awarded the contract. The Atlanta City Council, however, recently approved a $5.6 million purchase of 1,200 cameras and video story equipment. There are some other important (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 27, 2016

Earlier this month, Georgia law enforcement arrested a man on a DUI and other related charges for an accident involving several motor vehicles. The motor vehicle driver in question was operating a vehicle without a license because the man’s license had been taken away for failure to pay child support. The man drove so recklessly (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 22, 2016

It is imperative that Georgia motorists refrain from engaging in drunk driving practices. Georgia has recently conducted an annual program which is designed to provide added measures in enforcing driving under the influence regulation. This program, “Hands Across the Border,” marks the 24th annual multi-state effort to combat drunk driving including Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 19, 2016

Late last month, the news reveals that a woman in a suburb of Atlanta was arrested when the police found her passed out in a truck while breastfeeding a three-year-old child. The woman was subsequently charged with a DUI and child endangerment. This situation is just one example in which an individual was charged with (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 17, 2016

A recent study has revealed that Uber’s ridesharing services have had no effect on the number of drunk fatalities within the United States. This study examined traffic fatalities that occurred in the 100 most populated metropolitan areas of the United States between 2009 to 2014. The result of this study found that Uber ridesharing has (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 15, 2016

Drunk drivers can injure more than other motor vehicle operators and passengers. Unfortunately, in catastrophic cases, drunk drivers sometimes injure pedestrians who are walking along the road at the time of the accident A heartbreaking example just occurred when a motor vehicle driver who was under the influence of alcohol crossed a dividing line, struck (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 13, 2016

Drivers who operate motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol can cause a substantial amount of property damage to not just other motor vehicles but also buildings and other structures. One recent example of the extensive property damage caused by intoxicated motorists occurred recently in Macon, Georgia. A motorist swerved to avoid a vehicle (read more)

Posted by duijim in on August 11, 2016

Motorcyclists are particularly susceptible to the dangerous situations created by drivers who operate motor vehicles while intoxicated. This danger was demonstrated recently when a motorcyclist was struck while traveling on Highway 101 by an intoxicated motor vehicle operator. The collision occurred when the motor vehicle crossed the center line on Highway 101 and struck the (read more)