Rhode Island DUI Lawyer

A 2006 Rhode Island law that applies harsher penalties to drivers who refuse the Breathalyzer test was recently backed by the courts.   Before the law passed, an estimated 85% of drunken drivers refused the test.  However, the law doubled the license suspension of those who refused the test to 6 months and added prison time […]

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Operation Zero Tolerance, a police enforcement movement in Georgia, is a statewide effort to combat drivers under the influence of alcohol and drugs from June 20th through July 6th.  In Dalton, Georgia, the city’s Traffic Enforcement Unit, Situational Response Unit, and Patrol Unit will be performing concentrated patrols and random road checks at strategic locations […]

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Recently, a lawyer denied a motion to overturn a man’s ninth DUI charge, instead choosing to sentence him to up to five years in prison.  Robert Kent Vandyke was arrested for driving under the influence in September.  He had recently completed his sentence for killing a woman while driving drunk.  For that crime of vehicular […]

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An 8-year-old boy was killed on his way to church by a drunk driver.  The child was sitting in the back seat of his family’s vehicle when a pick-up truck drifted from its lane and struck the car.  The boy was thrown from his seat into the center console, where he sustained severe injuries.  He […]

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According to a government report, the upper Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates in the country.  The report relies on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.  Wisconsin is the worst offender, followed by North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota.  The study estimates 25% of adult drivers in these areas […]

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