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Drunken Driving

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Should DUI Alcohol Limit Be Lowered To 0.05 Percent?

The National Transportation Safety Board recommends reducing the limit. Some say it would save lives. Others say it's unreasonable.

  One drink could be the standard for drunken driving – at least for some people if the National Transporation Safety Board has its way. On Tuesday, the NTSB recommended states lower the blood-alcohol threshold for driving under the influence from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent. What do you think? Is the proposal reasonable? About 10,000 deaths a year are related to drunken driving. The NTSB says the lower limit would save 500 to 800 lives a year. Officials at the American Beverage Institute called the proposal "ludicrous." It said the average woman could reach the 0.05 percent limit by having one drink. There were 114 DUI fatalities in Massachusetts in 2012, which were 34 percent of traffic-related fatalities last year, according to Mothers…

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Saber Walsh

1:25 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013

That guy is probably a "Platinum Client" at some law firm.... they probably know what kind of latte he drinks and what his suit size is for court.   more ›

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Emotions Boil Over Following Drunken Driver Sentencing

Family members of a Danvers teen killed in a drunk driving accident in Salem earlier this year were outraged at the driver's sentencing on Thursday afternoon.

The family and friends of a Danvers teen killed in a car accident in Salem earlier this summer had some harsh words for the driver following her sentencing in Salem District Court Thursday afternoon. Angelique Griffin, 25, of Salem, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of vehicular homicide and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The passenger in her vehicle, Dillon Renard, 19, was killed on June 16, when the PT Cruiser Griffin was driving crashed into a parked tow truck outside All Star Collision Center on Boston Street. A judge sentenced Griffin to serve two-and-a-half years in prison with a six-month home confinement, according to WHDH. Griffin told police Renard had been driving her vehicle for part of the …

manda

5:37 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012

I knew him for a few months as working across the way from him. he was the sweetest guy I have ever met. He did not deserve this neither did his family. This isn't fair. She should be in longer.just cause she pled guilty doesn't bring Dillon back. I think she should of at least gotten 5 to 10 years. this world and the court system makes no since to me what so ever.they let rapist go with in that …   more ›

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