News and information about drunk driving, alcohol addiction, mental illness, and the criminal justice system.
Thanks to a new partnership between Stetson Law and the Bay Pines VA Healthcare system, free civil legal assistance is now available to qualifying low-income veterans. Alumnae Cherilyn Hansen of Gulfcoast Legal Services and Julie Ann Embler of Bay Area Legal Services will work with VA social workers to help veterans. This includes help…
Even when they believed they were over the legal limit, drivers reported they still chose to get behind the wheel for the following reasons: Still thought they were okay to drive (43.7%) Didn’t have very far to go (12.6%) Thought they could drive carefully enough (10.9%) Of those reports, younger men and drivers who had…
Source: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/drinking-drunk-driving-spike-on-super-bowl-sunday-300399253.html “According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2015 on average one American was killed in a drunk driving crash every 51 minutes. Alcohol-impaired traffic fatalities often spike on holidays and popular drinking days, like Super Bowl Sunday. Data shows that states and regions with a team in the game can…
