traffic law

It may sound unusual, but you don't have to be driving to be arrested for DWI in New Mexico. For example, one man was charged after he decided to sleep in his car after drinking. Fidencio Francia knew better than to drink and drive last August. when he walked out of the American Legion Post 99 on Louisiana, he decided to sleep it off in his pick up truck.

If they're in a driving position, in the driver's seat, they're intoxicated, they have the ability to start that vehicle, (then) they can be found guilty of drunk driving   -Kari Brandenburg

 

Reserve offensive lineman Jonathan Owens became the third player arrested since Oct. 13 on a traffic-related charge Thursday. The redshirt freshman from Blountsville, Ala., was arrested by university police at East Carlton Street and River Road for driving a motorcycle without a license. He was booked into the Clarke County Jail at 3:39 p.m.

We've got to make sure we're monitoring these things so we don't have these things blow up on us   -Mark Richt

 

Susanne Swanson had what can only be called a bad day Wednesday. Swanson, 35, of Portsmouth was involved two car accidents, arrested for driving under the influence and is probably facing more charges, including theft from a Rye home where she allegedly walked out on the two children she was supposed to be caring for. Swanson was starting her first day working as a nanny for a Rye family Wednesday when the mother left the house, leaving her children's care to Swanson.  

As the San Antonio Police Department conducts an internal affairs investigation into a suspected drunken driving accident involving one of their own, the family of a man killed by the same officer three years ago said they saw this coming. "It just confirms what I've always been saying, he needs to be off the force," Cindy Merrill said. In May of 2006, Merill's 25-year-old son, Rodney Brandenberger, was driving home from work when his pickup truck was stuck by Winder Morales, who was responding to a c  

When a Connecticut College student was killed in a drunken driving crash March 7, Montville police officer Gary Galdenzi was the second to arrive at the scene. "That has a lasting effect," said Galdenzi, who works from midnight to 8 a.m., when drunken drivers are most likely to be on town roads. "I take a personal interest" in arresting drunken drivers, he said.  

People driving in Harrisburg might want to get ready to put their handheld cell phones away. The Harrisburg City Council is moving forward with a measure that would ban people from using handheld cell phones while driving in the city. This week, council members discussed possible penalties.

It would be a uniform law that would apply to everyone   -Patty Kim

 

A former Billings school bus driver accused of hitting a high school student with the bus while driving drunk will be returned to Montana to face charges. Timothy Joseph Whalen agreed Friday in Ferry County Superior Court in Colville, Wash., to waive extradition proceedings and be returned to Montana, where he faces charges including negligent vehicular assault. Yellowstone County prosecutors allege Whalen had a blood alcohol content of 0.118 two hours after the bus he was driving hit a 15-year-old gi  

District Judge Charlie McCollom filed Friday for re-election to the Division 2 seat he currently holds. McCollom said during his first term he helped establish a monitoring program. The program, in partnership with Involvement Inc., monitors payment of fines, costs and restitution and monitors for compliance in the DUI alcohol program.  

Manitowoc police are out in extra force this weekend looking for drunk drivers, and they will be for weeks to come. Manitowoc police are kicking off increased drunk-driving patrols thanks to a $25,000 grant just in time for deer hunting and holiday traffic. It's a small part in an effort to fix a big problem.  

Grants Pass Public Safety is testing out a license plate recognition system that can automatically scan license plates. It's the only agency in Oregon currently testing the system. The system uses a camera placed on the trunk of a patrol car and a processing unit in the trunk.