THE FOLLOW ARE TRUE STORIES SHOWING PEOPLE DO NOT LEARN!
DRINKING & DRIVING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DEADLY
July 28, 2010 New York (CNN) -- A teenage girl "averted a tragedy" by calling 911 from inside a wildly weaving car to report her mother, who ended up being charged with drunken driving, New York State Police said.
July 3, 2010 BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C.
A North Carolina prosecutor is using the driving while impaired conviction of a golf cart driver to warn people they can be busted for DWI on any vehicle, including golf carts, riding law mowers, bicycles, animals, and boats.
June 28, 2010 Last night wasn't the first time Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Las Vegas
May 19, 2010
The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was charged with drunken driving after a police officer saw her run over a curb outside a school, authorities said Tuesday night.
February 19, 2010
Deadliest Catch star Jake Harris was arrested on drunk driving and hit and run charges after he crashed his car late Thursday night. Harris, 24, is currently in jail in Seattle after police say he got into an accident while intoxicated.
January 25, 2010 Smithfield, North Carolina
Four Johnston County defense attorneys and a former court clerk pleaded guilty Monday to illegally dismissing traffic cases, including citations for driving while impaired. Chad Lee and Lee Hatch both pleaded guilty to 10 counts each of felony obstruction of justice and altering official case records and one count of criminal conspiracy. Lee was sentenced to at least four years in prison, while Hatch received a prison sentence of at least 3½ years.
January 10, 2010 Oprah Winfrey confronts texting and driving.
Girl, 13, killed in school bus crash on U.S. 301
Train driver texting just before fatal crash.
October 18, 2009 'The Hills' Stephanie Pratt arrested for DUI
Once again celebrities are not above the law. The latest police records show Stephanie Pratt, 23, was arrested at 3:45 a.m., charged with a misdemeanor, and was book in the Van Nuys jail in California for booking, where she was released around 10:30 a.m. Her bail was set at $5,000.
September 12, 2009 ballerina who danced with the Carolina Ballet was killed by an drunk driver who was a DOCTOR in a automobile accident in Raleigh
The doctor's blood alcohol level was reported to be 0.19 almost two and a half times the legal limit. Another example of why drinking and driving is so deadly. Is it really worth spending the rest of your life in jail when you end up killing someone else? Most alcohol impaired drivers actually seem to live through accidents, which is interesting, maybe it's God's way of saying you deserve to spend eternity in Hell. He was charged with second degree murder.
July 31, 2009 60 minutes segment "One Prosecutor's Efforts To Increase Penalties For Drunk Drivers Who Kill"
July 12, 2009 Raleigh, NC. Teen driver kills another teen.
Police say Lilli Manis, 17, and her boyfriend Philip Jurov, 17, were driving along Glenwood Avenue, headed back toward Durham after seeing a 2 a.m. showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, when police say a drunk driver sped through a red light at Lynn Road, hitting them. Justin Crouse, 19, had been drinking when he ran a red light and slammed into Lilli and Philip. Lilli was killed and Philip was seriously hurt and is still in the hospital, Crouse wasn't seriously hurt.
June 15, 2009 Driving Under Influence reaches 29% in Colleges.
College students who admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol rose from about 26 to 29 percent, according to the article released today. Binge drinking among American college students is increasing, along with its consequences of drunk driving and drinking-related deaths, U.S. health officials report. The full article can be read on Yahoo! "At U.S. Colleges, Binge Drinking Is on the Rise" One interesting part was 100,000 sexual assaults occur each year that are linked to college drinking. That number in itself is truely astonishing.
May 29, 2009 Leesville Rd. Raleigh, NC
18 year old teenager throws several people from his truck when the truck rolled over, three were injured, one critically injured. Teenager blew a 0.08, though he is underage and the legal limit does NOT apply to him. The News & Oserver has more about the truck wreck.
May 20, 2009 NASCAR fans get DUI's on horseback in Georgia.
Two men who had been watching NASCAR and drinking, were arrested when they decided to ride horses down a Georgia highway. Police said one of the men appeared to be inebriated and could not control his horse.
March 20, 2009 Donte Stallworth kills man while driving under influence.
Reportedly Stallworth had a BAC of 0.14. The likely charge for him will be DUI Manslaughter, a class 2 felony in Florida that carries a 15-year maximum jail term. If prosecutors opt for this, no matter what happens, a conviction would mean some time for Stallworth, ending his career, and eating up much of his life.
February 9, 2009 Texas is still one of only 10 states prohibiting sobriety checkpoints. Contact MADD or your government official to help change this.
April 19, 2009 Texas DUI consequences
A Houston, Texas man was charged with FOUR counts intoxication manslaughter for the drownings of five children who were in his car when it went off the road and into a Houston bayou. Four counts were filed against Chanton Jenkins, 32, of Houston, Texas. Jenkins was driving in a rainstorm with six children and his brother when it went into the Green Bayou.
Of the five who died, three were Jenkins' children, and the other two were friends of the family. Jenkins is the father of the surviving child, Smith said. The car was found in nearly 10 feet of water. It was not known if an attorney represented him. A lawyer makes a huge difference in any manslaughter trial.
September 9, 2008 ARE YOU JOKING? Man blames bad driving on spilled beer in Albuquerque, N.M.
According to the DWI Resource Center, It was the man's sixth DWI arrest. He had been found guilty of four of five previous drunken driving charges. The 31 year old man was stopped on Interstate 40 and blamed his poor driving on his passenger spilling his beer. He was arrested on aggravated drunken driving charges, court records said.
August 19, 2008 Georgia man gets fifth DUI with .47 blood alcohol level
37-year-old Mark Douglas is charged with his fifth DUI. Apparently he just doesn't learn from his mistakes.
July 22, 2008 R.I. police say man had .491 blood alcohol level
As if we didn't have enough stories about DUI's, DWI's, deaths, and accidents. This latest story about a man who crashed his car into into a highway message board on I-95. His blood alcohol level was SIX TIMES the legal limit. He obviously had blacked out and had no idea he was even driving. It is amazing that he didn't kill someone else, himself, or die from alcohol poisoning. 34-year-old Stanley Kobierowski was arrested and charged appropriately.
August 22, 2007 Bill Murry Arrested for DUI in Golf Cart
I guess Bill Murray didn't get the memo about the guy arrested two months ago for driving under the influence in a golf cart.
June 1, 2007 Man Arrested for DUI in Golf Cart
An Ohio man was behind the wheel of a golf cart when he was recently arrested for DUI. Clary was charged with driving under the influence because a golf cart is still considered a motorized vehicle. His BAC was more than double the legal limit.
February 7, 2007 US Airways CEO Arrested
US Airways chief executive officer Doug Parker was arrested on a drunken driving charge. Parker, was pulled over for driving 20 mph over the posted speed limit of 45 mph. Parker's BAC was 0.096. We attempted to contact Doug Parker for comment, but received no response. He was convicted of two prior DUI charges.
The East Valley Tribune reported that:
US Airways chief Doug Parker was convicted twice before of drunken driving, both times in his twenties, he said on Friday. The 45-year-old CEO of the Tempe-based airline made the announcement late Friday after being contacted by reporters about past convictions.
Scottsdale police arrested Parker on suspicion of drunken driving on Jan. 31, just hours after US Airways lost a $9.8 billion bid to acquire Delta Air Lines. The arrest did not come to light until Thursday night when police confirmed it to the Tribune.
Parker denied the recent arrest pointed to a pattern.
“My mistake of last week was just that — a mistake, not a trend and I believe that events from 15 and 20 years ago do not reflect on the person I am today,” he wrote in a statement.
At least one of the convictions was in Dallas in 1991, according to court records, when he was a financial manager with American Airlines. The carrier is headquartered in that city.
Details of the other conviction were not released by Parker and not available late Friday. It’s unclear if he spent time in jail for either one.
Parker also said he was involved in another “alcohol-related” incident when he was a passenger in a friend’s car in college. He provided no further details.
“I will accept the consequences of my actions and I will ensure that it doesn’t happen again,” he wrote to employees in the second of three public statements released on Friday. “Again, I apologize to you and appreciate the hundreds of notes of encouragement that I have received from you already.”
Parker’s most recent arrest came after leaving an event US Airways sponsored at the FBR Open golf tournament in Scottsdale.
He was pulled over for speeding in his black BMW on Pima Road just south of Bell Road by an officer who was part of a special DUI patrol.
The officer noted Parker’s eyes looked bloodshot and watery, his breath smelled like alcohol and his speech was slurred. Parker told the officer he drank three beers in two hours at the event but did not feel impaired.
“When asked if I had had anything to drink, I answered truthfully,” Parker wrote in one of the statements.
Parker’s blood was drawn at a nearby police station. He was booked and sent home in a taxi.
Scottsdale police spokesman Sgt. Mark Clark said Friday the results of Parker’s blood test came back showing his blood-alcohol level was 0.096, more than the state’s legal limit of 0.08.
Parker had two passengers in his car at the time. US Airways spokeswoman Elise Eberwein said Parker told her he was driving two friends home who had too much to drink at the event.
“I have let down all of you and also my family, and that is something I will have to live with irrespective of the outcome,” Parker wrote to employees.
Eberwein said Parker spent part of Thursday night telling his three children about the arrest after he learned it would be in the newspaper. He would not comment to the Tribune at the time.
“I got my wake-up call long ago as I got married, had kids, and assumed positions of responsibility at work,” he wrote in Friday night’s announcement.
It is not clear what effect, if any, the past convictions could have on Parker’s sentencing if he is convicted. He is due in Scottsdale city court on Feb. 21.
October 11, 2006 Georgia Woman Gets DUI On Horse
A 22-year-old woman riding a horse was charged with DUI in Rabun County. The State Trooper said that since the horse was on the public right-of-way, the woman was under the same jurisdiction as if she was in a car. A vehicle was unable to avoid striking the woman and the horse. The wreck shut down the highway for almost two hours. The woman was charged with DUI.
Major League Baseball player Leyritz charged with DUI manslaughter after killing 30-year-old woman.
Leyritz faces charges of DUI manslaughter and DUI property damage. His BAC was later determined to be almost double the legal limit. Leyritz was driving a Ford Expedition when he collided at an intersection with another female driver.
The female was ejected from the car, police said. She died at Broward General Medical Center, Collins said. Witnesses told police Leyritz had a red light. Leyritz was told the female had died and he was asked to submit to a blood test, which he refused. Blood was taken anyways.
A DUI OR DWI CAN BE FATAL. NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!!! CELEBRATING MORE THAN TWO YEARS EDUCATING ABOUT DUI'S.