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| Source: www.LSJ.com By Lisa Roose-Church Daily Press & Argus A change in Michigan's drunken driving law could see more repeat offenders spending time in prison. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation effective Jan. 3 that eliminates the current 10-year statute of limitations between first and third, or subsequent, felony drunken driving offenses. Under the prior law, a third offense of drunken driving would be considered a felony only if it occurred within a prior 10-year time period. However, with the revision, a driver arrested for drunken driving with two prior offenses — regardless of how old the prior convictions are — will face felony charges. Livingston County Prosecutor David Morse wholeheartedly supports the change — ... |
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| Source: www.forcon.ca Alcohol absorption, distribution and elimination are simultaneous processes that commence upon consumption. Absorption is the passage of alcohol into the blood. Distribution is the temporary placement of alcohol into various body tissues. Elimination is the removal of alcohol from the body. Diffusion is the method of passage of alcohol through cell membranes and is governed by concentration differences on either side of the cell wall. Use the Blood Alcohol Calculator to estimate your blood alcohol level at a given time. Blood alcohol concentration A blood alcohol concentration (BAC) or blood alcohol level (BAL) reflects the amount of alcohol in the body. Food, type and quantity of beverage, weight, sex, and rate of elimination ... |
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| Source: MSN MoneyA fine is just the start of what you'll pay for a drunken-driving conviction. Insurance-rate increases, legal bills, alcohol treatment and licensing fees can push the cost into five figures By Christopher Solomon If you need any more reasons not to drink and drive, consider this: A driving-under-the-influence conviction is a financial wrecking ball. A typical DUI costs about $10,000 by the time you pay bail, fines, fees and insurance, even if you didn't hit anything or hurt anybody. The penalties are intended to be discouraging. Alcohol played a role in nearly 40% of U.S. automobile fatalities in 2005. That's 16,885 deaths, a figure nearly unchanged over the past decade, according to ... |
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| In Michigan there were 150 people arrested every day last year 2005 for DUI, according to the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center. Here is a summary of the results of the annual audit: There were 54,056 drunken- and impaired-driving arrests in 2005, a little more than 1,000 fewer than in 2004. Injuries resulting from alcohol and/or drug-related crashes were down 8 percent, from 8,667 in 2004 to 7,892 in 2005. And alcohol or drug-related fatalities were down 2.4 percent, from 418 in 2004 to 408 in 2005. Of 54,056 people arrested for drunken driving in Michigan in 2005, nearly 80 percent, or 42,000, were men. Despite the spending of tens of ... |
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| NHTSA sponsors mass crackdown August 17, 2006 BY JUSTIN HYDE FREE PRESS WASHINGTON BUREAUc Federal and state traffic safety officials started a nationwide crackdown on drunken driving Wednesday, saying previous efforts had not done enough to reduce deaths from impaired drivers. Drunken drivers accounted for some 13,000 deaths in traffic accidents last year. The crackdown, however, may face resistance from a growing industry devoted to defending people arrested on drunken driving charges. These groups contend overzealous police forces inflated the problem out of proportion, trampling rights in the process. The new effort, sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, involves 11,000 law enforcement agencies. It includes: · Increased patrols and ... |
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| Source: Keynote Systems Inc. June 21, 2006 - San Mateo, Calif. Keynote's customer experience study shows that consumers are turning away from obtaining auto insurance quotes over the phone and increasingly turning to the Web for those same quotes. This study uncovered that in the highly competitive $158 billion auto insurance industry, price competitiveness and the online quote process are the leading indicators of success in landing new customers online. The Keynote Customer Experience Rankings for Auto Insurance Web Sites examines the online experience of 1,500 prospective auto insurance customers as they interacted with leading auto insurance sites. The study measured 250+ metrics for each site including ease of use, satisfaction, brand appeal and customer ... |
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| Source: friendsdrivesober.org If a friend or someone you know has been drinking while at a party or "out on the town," they shouldn't drive, so please prevent them from doing so. Many people believe that coffee, a cold shower, or fresh air is all that's needed to overcome the effects of alcohol. In truth, time is the only way to get alcohol out of the system. If a friend of yours has been drinking, he or she shouldn't drive. There are steps you can take to keep a friend alive. Be proactive. Talk with your friends before they go out. Pick a designated driver, arrange for a sober driver to pick you up, or ... |
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| Source: http://www.drugpolicy.org/Under a decision by a divided Michigan Supreme Court in June, you can be convicted of drugged driving, even if you are not in the least impaired by drugs. In a pair of cases, Derror v. Michigan and Kurts v. Michigan, the Court upheld the constitutionality of Michigan’s zero tolerance per se policy, which allows prosecution for driving under the influence of drugs if a person tests positive for any trace amount of a Schedule I drug or its non-psychoactive metabolite. The ruling reverses a Michigan Appellate Court ruling which said that in order to move forward with a DUID prosecution, the state had to demonstrate that the presence of a controlled substance in a driver's body ... |
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| Source: mlive.com We intended to take this opportunity to acknowledge some progress in the ongoing war against drinking and driving. And we do just that -- but with a dangerous countertrend so far in 2006. Last week we noticed a report put out by the Michigan State Police and Office of Highway Safety Planning. Called the 2005 Drunk Driving Audit, the report proclaimed that "Michigan's drunk-driving arrests, convictions and crashes, as well as fatalities and injuries involving alcohol and/or drugs, have decreased for the fourth consecutive year," according to the press release. Here is a summary of the results of the annual audit: There were 54,056 drunken- and impaired-driving arrests in 2005, a little more ... |
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| By Thomas A. Arce.
Based on my experience as a licensed Independent Insurance Agent here in Michigan, approximately 20 percent of drivers with a DUI will actually see their rates stay the same or go down after their DUI conviction. Thats right, I said rates can come down! The number one reason for this is many people are over paying for auto insurance and don’t even realize it. Many people are unaware that they have choices. They have not shopped around for auto insurance in years and are paying way more than they should be. |
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