East Grinstead Courier (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The former clerk of Sevenoaks Town Council was spared jail on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two drink driving offences in as many days. On one occasion Sarah Arding, 46, who worked as the council's chief employee for three years until she ...
This is Bath (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
In all, officers breathalysed 1,577 motorists as part of a national campaign which saw 90,000 people stopped. Of those arrested, 62 were under the age of 21. Superintendent Andy Pullan said: "This campaign was about reminding people that drinking alcohol and driving is a lethal combination. "Everybody is aware of the dangers, but there are still the reckless few who are prepared to gamble on others...
Glamorgan Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
A MAN drove his car after drinking eight pints, then let an unqualified friend take the wheel.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A man who hit a wall after losing control of his vehicle is among 21 people caught during the first week of a drink-drive campaign.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
A Rotorua man is facing his 19th drink-driving charge after being stopped by a police officer who allegedly saw him driving erratically. The Rotorua Daily Post reported today the man, who was stopped last Wednesday night, has 18...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Blood-alcohol tests say they should be dead, instead they're behind the wheel.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The driver of a medical vehicle was arrested and charged Wednesday with driving more than four times over the legal limit.
Fark.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
On a related note:On Tuesday, July 8, I drove home from work, arrived at my house about 7:00 p.m. My wife was out of town for the week, and I was planning on a quiet evening watching the Nationals on the BIG TV for a change. I sat in the garden and drank three beers. About 7:40 I remembered that I was supposed to get the mail for Kathy and her father, who was out of town for his sister's funeral. I...
Cop The Truth (Free subscription) | yesterday
I thought I had seen just about everything as a police officer, but this shocked even me: State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
State Police arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level reportedly was .491 — more than six times the legal limit — which they believe is the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead.
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
The Washington Post 's Gene Weingarten wrote a very funny column a couple weeks ago, in which he gets schnockered in a driving simulator and documents the results. Recently, he discussed the process by which a column making light of drunk driving might get approved, and offered an interesting insight into the kinds of topics that are still a bridge too far, even in an age where presidential candidates...
Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Immigrants in the northern Italian city of Padua are urging the arrest of a Moroccan who allegedly fled to his native country after running down and killing a young Italian, Simone Bacchini, while drink-driving. The group of immigrants, led by Moroccan journalist Muhammed Ahmed were to launch their appeal during a documentary to be aired on Italian television late on Monday. Bacchini's family was also...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
A construction worker was sentenced to the minimum four-year prison sentence Monday after he pleaded no contest in a drunken driving wreck that killed an Ohio husband and father of five last year, according to computerized court records.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Police hit out after 29 motorists in the Grampian area are charged with drink or drugs offences.
Radar (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
It seems like Libyan Col. Muammar Gaddafi's son Hannibal really enjoyed his little jaunts to Paris during his business school days a few years back. Who wouldn't enjoy a refreshing 90 mph drunk drive in a Porsche going the wrong way and against red lights
