A new study has been published by the American Public Health Association stating that Utah's new 0.05% BAC DUI Law is ethically acceptable. Here is an excerpt from the study: “Ultimately, our analysis suggests that BAC [blood alcohol content] 0.05 laws are ethically desirable because they are likely to prevent substantial harm with minimal restrictions,” wrote Stephanie Morain, [...]
As usual the Utah Highway Patrol will be ramping up their DUI patrols for the New Year's weekend and Holiday. Also, the new DUI law of the 0.05% BAC will be going to effect on Sunday, December 30th. So the number of arrests will probably be going up. Here is what the Utah Highway Patrol had to say about the new 0.05% DUI law going into effect: The 2017 Utah Legislature passed [...]
As I have mentioned before Utah will be the first in the nation to enact a 0.05% BAC DUI law. This new law will be the toughest law in the nation. The new Utah DUI 0.05% Law will go into effect on December 30th this year. Utah Highway Patrol Capt. Steve Winward who spoke to a legislative panel at the state Capitol had this to say: "Our biggest thing is that we really don't want to[...]
A drunk Grandma her drunk grandson almost drove their car through a house in Cottonwood Heights. 65-year-old Vickie Robinson, the drunk grandma was driving with her 20-year-old grandson, Alexander Robinson on Fort Union Boulevard when the two go into an argument and the grandson reached over and yanked wheel. This caused the car to drive up over the sidewalk and through a someone's [...]
A man was arrested in Cottonwood Heights, Utah after he hit two cars while in the drive-thru line at the McDonald's located on 7024 South Highland Drive. After the man hit the two cars he accelerated at high rate in reverse and his truck went backwards on to Highland Drive. The man, Stanley Shane Gurule then drove over a concrete barrier where his truck became stuck. According to Fox 13:[...]
There is a new bill that has been introduced to congress that is trying to delay the new 0.05% BAC Utah DUI Law that goes into effect on New Year's Eve this year. According to Fox 13: Rep. Karen Kwan, D-Taylorsville, introduced House Bill 345 last week, which delays Utah's new .05 DUI law until at least 2022. It also includes some changes making it so immigrant drivers are not [...]
Early this year I posted about an ad that the American Beverage Institute ran that compared Utah's new 0.05% DUI Law to driving while elderly. The ad featured many of the Utah government officials who voted to pass Utah's new 0.05% BAC limit. The American Beverage Institute isn't stopping there and has once again returned to Utah's Capitol Hill to make a case for the new law's repeal. [...]
Strange things always seem to happen in the Florida and this latest DUI arrest seems to follow along with that trend. On Saturday November 4th, a 53 year-old woman was arrested by Florida Police for allegedly riding her horse while drunk on a very busy highway. She had ridden the horse for close to 15 miles before she was pulled over. She was arrested in Polk City which is about 35[...]
The Utah Substance Abuse Advisory Council is investigating a tiered system of penalties for Utah drivers that are arrested for drunk driving under the upcoming 0.05% BAC Law, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. The group has spent months studying to see if lighter penalties for those convicted of DUI between the 0.05% and 0.08% BAC would be effective. The study found that giving these [...]
The American Council on Addiction and Alcohol Problems gave praise to Utah governor Gary Herbert recently for his signing of the new bill to lower the legal BAC level from 0.08% to 0.05%. "The standard in most if not all states is .08," says ACAAP president Rob Chambers. "What's interesting is that for those with a commercial driver's license the blood alcohol level is .04, but [this] will lower [...]
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