Senate Committee to Vote on Drunken Driving Bills
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Senate judiciary committee is set to vote on four bills that would impose tougher drunken driving penalties. The Republican proposals would create a five-year minimum…
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MADD manager says legalization of marijuana is going to create significant issues
The regional manager of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) says the legalization of marijuana next year is going to create a whole new challenge for law enforcement, and governments need… -
No Good DUI Impairment Test For Marijuana Is Likely
Ethan Siegel and Alex Berezow are right to identify marijuana-impaired driving as a significant national highway safety problem, but no equivalent will ever exist for marijuana or any other drug… -
Efforts to curtail marijuana-impaired driving collide with evolving attitudes, medicinal use
Promoting cannabis as a safer alternative to alcohol was a tenet of the marijuana legalization movements in Colorado and other states. Early data indicate that attitude continues when people get… -
Exclusive: Traffic fatalities linked to marijuana are up sharply in Colorado. Is legalization to blame?
The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana has risen sharply each year since 2013, more than doubling in that time, federal and… -
Ad targets senior Utah lawmakers in response to .05 DUI law
SALT LAKE CITY — The American Beverage Institute is continuing its campaign against Utah over the .05 DUI law, this time targeting senior statesmen in the legislature. The ad, slated… -
American Beverage Institute compares Utah’s .05 DUI law to ‘Driving While Older’
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — (KUTV) In a full-page advertisement set to debut tomorrow, the American Beverage Institute compares Utah’s new .05 arrest law to… -
Shaken & Stirred
Last month, an online petition asking the Utah Legislature to reconsider its passage of a new alcohol law that would limit the legal blood-alcohol limit to… -
Hospitality industry says Utah .05 percent DUI law targets wrong people, hurts tourism
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s lowest-in-the-nation DUI law targets the wrong people and hurts tourism, restaurant and hospitality associations told state lawmakers Wednesday. Mary Crafts-Homer, Visit Salt Lake chairwoman and… -
Groups critical of Utah’s strict new drunk driving threshold
Utah lawmakers who passed the strictest drunk driving threshold in the country got an earful Wednesday from restaurant and tourism groups who warned the 0.05 percent blood alcohol limit could…
