Posts Tagged ‘Drunk Driving’

Drunk Driving Virtual Reality Simulation

Alcohol Awareness Simulation. A college student “drinks and drives” the Cyclops virtual reality simulator while other students watch her experience on a 42″ LCD monitor.

Police: Drunk-driving Cop Killed Woman

An off-duty New York City police officer was driving drunk when his sport utility vehicle struck and killed a pastor’s daughter as she crossed a street early Sunday, authorities said. (Sept. 28)

DUI Wisconsin.wmv

Drunk Drivng, DUI, OWI…there are 4 phases to a DUI stop and arrest. The officer has the burden of establishing that he followed proper procedure and did not violate your rights, including your privacy rights. This is a description of those phases and how DUI works in the State of Wisconsin, as presented by Pitsch Law Offices, LLC. For more see www.pitschlaw.com. Nothing in here constitutes an attorney/client relationship. This information is not meant as legal advice; please seek the advice from an attorney for your specific situation.

Judge increases sentence in drunk-driving death

The Enterprise of Brockton www.enterprisenews.com Judge increases sentence in drunk-driving death Brian Johns pleaded guilty to motor vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident and operating under the influence for a third offense. By Maureen Boyle ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER BROCKTON — In the days before Brian Johns was sent to jail for a drunken-driving death, the 37- year-old Abington man spent time at a picnic drink ing. “I wasn’t surprised,” said Ann Feeney, the mother of Robert mccormick, the man Johns killed. “I never thought he stopped drinking.” Johns, a truck driver, pleaded guilty in Brockton Superior Court to motor vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident and operating under the in fluence for a third offense. In court Thursday, he made the admission that he had been drinking dur ing the past weekend. Johns was sentenced to 3 years in jail, a year more than the judge originally planned. Johns will also be on five years probation when he gets out. Judge John P. Connor Jr., who originally planned to sentence Johns to 2 years in jail , said he was in creasing the sentence after hearing additional de tails about the case. Assistant District Attorney Russell Eonas told the judge that Johns had been drinking at a softball game, then at a bar, and had been seen speeding in his Mustang shortly before the victim was struck and killed on July 9, 2006. Johns struck the 38-year-old Rockland father of two, who was riding his bike along the shoulder of the …

Buzzed Driving – Hospital

Drunk or impaired driving killed nearly 13000 people in 2007. That’s one person every 40 minutes. That makes it everyone’s problem. It seems that many people were doing their part to put a stop to this completely preventable epidemic. Alcohol-related traffic fatalities reached a low point in the late 1990s. Research also indicates that 62% of Americans exposed to the now-iconic Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk campaign have personally intervened to stop someone from driving drunk, no doubt saving countless lives. However, since the late 90’s, alcohol-related driving deaths have been steadily increasing. It seems that though the campaign was very successful, it did not change the behavior of many potential impaired drivers. Many thought the messages to be targeted at overtly drunk drivers, and not them. When decision time came, they would consider themselves merely “buzzed” and get behind the wheel. The new psas created to address this gap were released in December 2005 with the objective to inspire dialogue and recognition of the dangers of “buzzed” driving and subsequently, to motivate people to stop driving buzzed. The next installment expands on this message, equating buzzed driving and drunk driving and demonstrating the devastating consequences that can occur as a result of buzzed driving. The overall campaign hopes to educate people that consuming even a few drinks can impair driving and that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving.