Arizona joins a growing list of other states in making driver's licenses available at privately owned businesses. The new offices across Arizona are part of an effort by the Arizona Department of Transportation to privatize some of its services. The move brings to 14...
Month: April 2014
Per Se DUI-Drugs Bill Dies In Committee
Assembly Bill 2500, which would have made it illegal to drive with certain proscribed amounts of illegal drugs, died in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations by a 4-2 vote.
Google to test driverless cars
Google has moved into the next stage of its plan to put driverless cars on the roads. According to Reuters, the Mountain View, California company has begun testing the vehicles on city streets, a crucial step in deploying the cars. The image comes from a rendering of...
Prince William police officer leads Northern Virginia in DUI arrests
Officer Jeremy Schenck started his law enforcement career on the wrong side of a police car.As a teenager in upstate New York, he was riding in a friend's car when an officer pulled them over and found they had alcohol in the back seat. While the officer drove him...
Metro: Marijuana impairment rising among drivers
LAS VEGAS - Metro Police said they have a huge problem on their hands when it comes to people using marijuana and driving. During the last three years, Metro's forensics lab screened 4,500 blood samples for marijuana with the bulk of those being impaired drivers. In...
MADD At Odds Over DUI Proposal
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is objecting to an abstinence-based proposal that would let judges order twice-daily breath tests instead of ignition interlock devices for repeat DUI offenders. But the head of the National Sheriffs' Association says the "24/7 Sobriety"...
“8THEIST” Vanity Plate Denied by NJ; “BAPTIST” allowed
After being denied an "8THEIST" vanity plate, New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission approved her second choice, "BAPTIST." Stories on the NJ101.5.com and SILive.com web sites.
Roadside Marijuana Testing: the next big thing
The Detroit Free Press reported this week that Michigan lawmakers are considering the approval of roadside saliva testing to help determine if someone is under the "influence" of pot.
LAPD admits to tampering with in-car video cameras
The L.A. Times reported yesterday that the LAPD has known for months that officers had been disabling the antennas which provide audio for the in-car video cameras. The antennas pick up the feed from the microphones on the officers' belts so that audio is recorded...
DUIs For Even a Trace of Weed Being Considered in California
A proposal in the state legislature could mean DUIs for drivers who aren't stoned but who toked a few days ago.It would also target motorists who have even a trace of such prescription drugs as Ambien, Vicodin or even phentermine, a diet drug, in their systems when...
