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Ontario in Need to Change the Way it Charges Drunk Drivers?
Drunk driving has always been one of the biggest issues for the Ontario government to deal with and it is because drunk driving causes a large number of accidents each year. Different DUI charges are imposed on a lot of people each year due to the stringent laws against drunk driving in Ontario. But, even after several years of hard working exercise against DUI offences, it seems no visible progress has been made against deterring drinking and driving in Ontario.
It now appears that time is now ripe for changing the way to deal with people caught driving under the influence of alcohol by implementing partial decriminalization. The Mother’s Against Drunk Driving Canada has been calling the Ontario government to implement this change as according to them partial decriminalization of DUI charges reduces the deaths cause by drunk driving.
British Columbia had introduced decriminalization of DUI offences through legislation in 2010 vide which the police officers offer people caught driving under the influence for the first time with the option of choosing administrative sanctions or criminal charges as long as they have not caused damage to any property or have injured anyone.
Since the introduction of this new provision, there has been a dramatic reduction in the number of road deaths related to impaired driving. In British Columbia, if an offender chooses administrative charges after a breathalyzer test is conducted on them, their license is suspended for a period of 90 days, they are issued a $500 fine, enrolled in a responsible interlock program and ignition interlock program and their vehicle is impounded for 30 days.
This seems to be working so far and it appears that Ontario government needs to introduce this change as well to curb the growing .
Ways to Avoid Getting Charged With a DUI Offence While You Party
We all love a good time out with friends on a weekend or on a holiday. An evening out with friends or loved ones in D.C. is surely something we all love to go to and look forward to all the time. Partying out with friends during the holidays or the weekend is always fun but sometimes this fun leads to consumption of excessive alcohol and if one needs to drive back home after such a party, all the fun may go down the drain if you get charged with a DUI offence. It’s no secret that DUI laws are quite stringent in United States and in D.C. things are even stricter as there is no tolerance against drinking and driving. So in order to avoid getting charged with a DUI there are a few things you need to follow so that you can enjoy every bit of the time out with friends without you worrying about getting on the wrong side of the law. Here’s what you should do.
Get a driver. Ensure you have a sober driver to drive you back home after the partying is over. You should also ensure that the said driver does not consumer alcohol while with you at the party.
Opt for public transport. You can opt for public transportation services after you are done with your time out with friends and this is the best way to reach home safely.
Book a hotel. You can choose to book a hotel and stay there for the night after your party and once you are sober the next day you can travel back home.
Get a taxi. You can choose to get a taxi for heading back home. A local taxi, Uber or Lyft can be your best option in case you get too drunk.
Make sure you act responsibly while you party and even after that because getting charged with a DUI offence can be life altering.
A Shift from Driving to Drinking as a Measure to Control DUI Offences
There aren’t many people who get charged with a DUI more than once and most of the people who get charged with a DUI never get arrested while being under trial for the DUI offence. Then there are those who get charged with DUI offence in a repeated fashion due to their habit of getting drunk and then driving. As per an analysis of the court records around 1400 people were charged with a DUI in Pennsylvania in the year 2016 and out of them 100 people were charged with more than two DUI charges.
Experts believe that DUI offences can be extremely harmful as those getting drunk and then driving a vehicle being intoxicated can cause a lot of harm to the other law abiding citizens of the society and cause irreparable damage to them. In order to deal with cases involving intoxicated driving, the governments are taking a fresh approach and are letting go of the traditional methods that focused on the driving aspects of the intoxicated drivers.
Now a lot of new ways have been adopted in order to deal with DUI cases such as the 24/7 Sobriety program implemented in South Dakota in the year 2005 according to which a habitual offender needs to appear at the office of the county sheriff twice a day i.e. in the morning and the evening to get a breathalyzer test done and if the said offender fails in one such test then the offender is sent to a county jail for a day or two. Another program by York County known as the Target 25 program has won accolades as it uses SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitor on habitual DUI offenders as a condition to release them on bail and the alcohol monitor detects alcohol consumption. The idea behind these programs is to hold offenders accountable for their reckless behaviors and it seems that these programs are being popular by the day being accepted on a national level.
Mom driving with baby arrested for DUI and peeing on a cop
A Florida mom suspected of driving drunk with a baby in the back seat was also accused of urinating on an officer during her arrest.
Nichole Nespolini, 40, of Melbourne, was arrested Monday after rear-ending another car at an intersection in Melbourne, where Nespolini then pleaded with the motorist not to notify police, Florida Today reported.
When cops arrived on the scene, Nespolini walked into traffic and began pushing an officer in the chest and stood on her toes at one point to yell in an officer’s face, according to an arrest report.
Then, as three cops started putting Nespolini in handcuffs, she said, according to the report: “I’m peeing and I hope it gets on you!”
Nespolini then started urinating on an officer’s foot before kicking another cop in the groin as she was taken into a police cruiser. Officers at that point discovered a baby secured in a child seat in the back seat of Nespolini’s car.
The father of the child responded to the scene to pick up the baby as Nespolini was taken to a hospital before being taken into custody at the Braved County Jail. She remains in custody as of early Thursday on $18,500 bond, jail records show.
Nespolini is facing charges of driving under the influence, DUI with property damages, child neglect, resisting an officer with violence, resisting an officer without violence and battery on a law enforcement officer.
A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday for causing a multiple-car crash while driving under the influence before leaving the scene of the crash, according to a GPD report.
Police said Jeffery Wayne York Jr., 28, of 840 NW 55th St., was driving while intoxicated early Saturday morning when he crashed his car into the rear-end of another vehicle, which caused that vehicle to hit the rear-end of another car.
Both victims contacted the police, and York began arguing with both parties before leaving the scene, the report said.
Police were able to use a license plate number provided by one of the victims to locate York at his residence.
Police said York admitted being involved in the crash and to leaving the scene before taking part in a field sobriety tests in a nearby parking lot.
York also gave breath samples that registered .241 and .242, which is more than three times the legal limit in Florida.
York was charged with a DUI involving damage to property and with leaving the scene of an accident. He was taken to the Alachua County jail where he was released Saturday on his own recognizance.
Orléans trucker charged with drunk driving on Highway 401
It’s a wonder that an Orléans trucker nabbed by the OPP’s traffic patrol didn’t kill anyone.
Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, who mans the OPP’s highway safety division Twitter account, reported Sunday that the unnamed 29-year-old had been spotted behind the wheel of a fully-loaded transport truck that was slowing traffic, weaving and cutting off other vehicles on Highway 401 in Toronto.
Retired Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Chris Lewis likely spoke for everyone else on the road when he tweeted a succinct question: “How many innocent lives jeopardized by this complete moron???”
Most people who get more than one DUI do not get arrested while awaiting the outcome of their first offense.
However, a small but persistent group of habitual offenders remain.
At least 1,400 people were charged with more than one DUI in Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia in 2016, according to an analysis of court records conducted by The Sentinel.
Nearly 100 of those people were charged with more than two, The Sentinel found.
Each time they get behind the wheel intoxicated, the outcome can be catastrophic.
“It truly can cause some of the most horrific crashes and deaths,” said David Drumheller, traffic safety resource prosecutor for the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Association. “You can be out with your family driving home from the movies completely law abiding, and next thing you know you’re hit by a drunk driver and your life is changed as you know it.”
In recent years, a new approach to dealing with intoxicated driving has begun to take hold.
Traditional methods focus on the driving aspect of impaired driving by doing things like revoking a person’s driver’s license or requiring the driver to install an ignition interlock that tests for alcohol on the driver’s breath before allowing the vehicle to start.
In some areas, the focus has shifted to the other part of the equation — drinking.
Randy Travis loses bid to block naked DUI arrest video
By Kristin M. Hall, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE — A federal judge has denied a request by country singer Randy Travis to stop the state of Texas from releasing footage of him naked and ranting during a 2012 DUI arrest.
The ruling on a request for a preliminary injunction issued Thursday paves the way for the Texas Department of Public Safety to release the footage on Friday, which was requested through open records requests.
Travis’ family has been in a long legal battle to stop the release of the footage that went all the way to the state Supreme Court, which denied his petition. Travis filed a federal lawsuit in September in Texas arguing that that the footage should be considered private under health record privacy regulations. But the judge said he did not show a substantial likelihood of success on the claims.
Norwegian billionaire tobacco heiress given $38,750 drunk-driving fine
A 22-year-old Norwegian student has been handed a 250,000-kroner ($38,750 Canadian) fine for drunken driving — but can still count herself lucky. Katharina G. Andresen is reportedly Norway’s richest woman, a tobacco heiress with a fortune estimated by Forbes at $1.57 billion. Fines for drunken driving in Norway are based on the defendant’s income. Newspaper Finansavisen reported that Oslo City Court said the penalty could have been up to 40 million kroner ($6.2 million) if based on Andresen’s assets.
Justin Bieber’s head of security arrested for DUI after crash injures cops
Justin Bieber’s head of security Mikey Arana has been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) after a car crash that injured two Florida police officers on Thursday. The Miami-Dade County Police officers’ injuries meant they were taken into hospital, with one having to be airlifted. Both have now been released from the hospital, police officials confirmed on Twitter.
