Effective noon February 10, 2009, South Carolina will have some of the toughest penalties for DUI offenses in the United States. The legislation was passed during the 2008 legislative session and signed last year by Gov. Mark Sanford.

All motorists, even first offenders, arrested for driving under the influence in South Carolina who have a blood alcohol content of .15% or higher, or refuse to submit to breath tests, will have their driver

A Rhode Island Superior Court judge dismissed charges of driving under the influence in Rhode Island against a Massachusetts man over the improper administration of field sobriety tests. Justice Melanie Thunberg found the defendant, James Scalisi, not guilty because the application of the tests deviated from outlined standards.

Scalisi was involved in a two vehicle accident July 20, 2007 where no one was injured. The investigating officer detected alcohol and thought Scalisi was slurring his words, and initiated three field sobriety tests. According to guidelines, before an officer can administer such tests, a determination must be made as to whether the subject has any medical conditions that might impact the results. The evidence entered into trial in Judge Thunberg

A gas station employee who says Barron Hilton hit him while the hotel heir was driving under the influence has filed suit for his injuries. Fernando Mendoza Tellez is asking for unspecified damages from the CA DUI incident.

Barron, the younger brother of Paris Hilton, sideswiped a truck with his Mercedes on Pacific Coast Highway on the morning of February 12, 2008. Hilton pulled into a Union 76 gas station in Malibu while the other driver called police. Barron Hilton got out of his car and sat on a bus-stop bench, but not before bumping Tellez. Witnesses confirm that Tellez was struck in the leg.

Hilton, now 19, pled no contest to charges of California drunk driving last April and was sentenced to three years probation, fined $2000, required to work at a local morgue and had his driver’s license suspended for one year.

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Adam R. Barry was stopped for suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Niagara County New York around 1:00 am February 3. He told the sheriff

The California Highway Patrol has received a $5.9 million grant to help keep drunk drivers off state highways. The funds from the California Office of Traffic Safety will be used for additional DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints.

The grant money will be dispersed across the state, mainly to pay overtime for the officers conducting drunk driving patrols and staffing checkpoints. Over 35 California DUI task force patrols are planned for 2009, along with 110 DUI checkpoints. In addition to offenses of driving under the influence in California, officers will be looking for seatbelt violations, speeding and unsafe driving.

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According to Texas DWI laws, motorists suspected of driving while intoxicated who do not submit to a blood or breath test will have their driver

State Patrol troopers charged a total of 125 motorists with suspicion of driving under the influence in Washington during the Super Bowl. A crackdown on Washington drunk driving was conducted Sunday into early Monday morning.

The region to record the highest number of drunk driving arrests was the area that includes Whatcom County, where there were 27 arrests. Second was the Seattle area with 23 arrests.

According to the Washington State Patrol, the previous weekend there were 75 Washington DUI arrests. In 2006, when the Seattle Seahawks were in the NFL title game, 128 DUI arrests were made statewide.

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