Recent Posts in DUI News Category

  • Do DUI Arrests Increase During the Summer?

    Now that summer is here, many people will be going out for picnics and making trips to nearby rivers and lakes. Since people tend to have more free time during the summer months, the roads are generally much busier with drivers, some of whom have had a few too many alcoholic beverages before getting behind the wheel of their motor vehicle. In addition to increased traffic, summer is also the time ...
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  • What To Do After You Have Been Arrested For a DUI

    If it is your first time being arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) , you are likely worrying about what you should do next. After all, being placed under arrest can be a scary experience. In addition to facing fines, increased insurance rates, and jail time; your reputation can also take a hit when you are arrested for DUI. Below, we explain what you should do after you have been ...
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  • Holiday DUI Statistics

    It is important for drivers to be extra cautious on the road during the holidays. The chances of being hit by drunk driver substantially increases this time of year. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the number of deaths caused by drunk driving spikes around the holidays. In fact, alcohol is responsible for about 52% of all fatal collisions during Christmas and roughly 57% on New ...
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  • Can Police Take my Blood Without my Consent?

    The law in Colorado requires a person arrested for a DUI to submit to a breath or blood test . Under the state’s “expressed consent” law, if there is probable cause that you have been driving under the influence, then you automatically consent to a chemical test of your blood or breath. The same goes if you are suspected to be under the influence of drugs, in which case you submit to a urine test. ...
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  • Colorado Law Enforcement Increases DUI Arrests Over the Holidays

    The holiday season always sees a rise in DUI incidents, but with DUI-related deaths especially high this year, law enforcement has become particularly strict. During Thanksgiving and Christmastime families and friends tend to gather more frequently for holiday parties, work events, get-togethers, and the like. At such events, alcohol is commonly in attendance and leads to an increase in impaired ...
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  • Can I be charged with a DUI due to Medical Marijuana?

    Everyone knows drinking and driving can land you a DUI , which is why so many of us regularly take use of ridesharing apps such as Uber or Lyft. However, did you know you can still be charged with a DUI because of your medical marijuana usage? In the state of Colorado, you may be charged with a DUI if you operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or one or more drugs, as well as if ...
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  • Are BAC Calculators Accurate?

    A Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) calculator can be a useful tool to determine your approximate BAC levels, but there are far more factors that affect your BAC than just the number of drinks you’ve had. These factors can lower your BAC, but some can also raise it. It is important to know about these factors so you can determine for yourself the accuracy of your BAC level calculations. Factors That ...
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  • Memorial Weekend is Over, but is the Heat Off?

    Memorial Day Weekend may be over, but the heat isn’t off yet. Denver area residents can expect increased patrols, checkpoints, and enforcement off and on throughout the year. Colorado law enforcement is serious about reducing the number of drivers under the influence, and are planning the crackdowns to help catch drivers who have enjoyed the festivities too much. “The Heat is On” is an initiative ...
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  • Colorado Breathalyzers May Have Questionable Certification

    Colorado law enforcement finds itself in quite the pickle, as the evidence in potentially thousands of DUI cases could be thrown out due to uncertified breathalyzer machines. In the year 2013, Colorado purchased 162 new I-9000 Intoxilyzer breathalyzer machines for increased accuracy in DUI tests. Each one of the new machines needed to be tested and certified for accuracy by state personnel in ...
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  • The Average Cost of a Colorado DUI has Increased

    The state of Colorado would like to let you know just how expensive being convicted of drunk driving has become. As the North Denver Tribune reports, several state agencies have partnered for a new awareness campaign illustrating just how expensive a DUI offenses can become for the accused. The conclusions are daunting: even a first-time conviction can cost a driver $13,530. That's more than 30% ...
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  • Driver Convicted in Denver's First Felony Drunk Driving Case

    The City of Denver has convicted its first driver under Colorado's new felony DUI statute. As FOX 31 reports, Matthew Allen, 40, was found guilty late last month of his fourth drunk driving offense—however, it is still unclear whether he will face the felony prison time possible under the new felony law. According to prosecutors, Allen was arrested in the early morning hours of March 17 when a ...
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  • Colorado Thanksgiving DUI Crackdown has Begun

    The Colorado Department of Transportation has announced that its statewide DUI crackdown campaign "The Heat Is On DUI" has once again been implemented for a Thanksgiving holiday period. The multi-agency enforcement campaign will run from Friday, November 18 to Monday, November 28. As KKTV 11 reports, the both the Colorado State Patrol and nearly 100 of our local law enforcement agencies will ...
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  • Colorado Springs DUI Crash Results in Vehicular Homicide Charge

    Early last month, a Colorado Springs woman pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. As the Gazette reports, this case details just how seriously the courts take this particular criminal charge and the significant ramifications a conviction can bring. Cassandra Griffin, 26, was found to have a .22 blood alcohol concentration ...
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  • Federal study says driving stoned does not increase risk for crashing

    Despite widespread, often stereotypical, concerns about using marijuana, a new federal report tosses cold water on one of those preconceived notions with its finding that driving under the influence of marijuana does not increase the risk of getting in a car crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) spent a 20-month period, which concluded in 2012, analyzing over 3,000 car ...
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  • Nearly 100 drivers per month charged under new felony DUI law

    This is an edited excerpt from a news story on KOAA.com [A district attorney] estimates that his prosecutors have charged at least 100 felony cases in the Pikes Peak Region since the law was enacted last August. Fifteen of those cases resulted in prison sentences, and around 70 are still going through the courts. In order to qualify for a felony charge, prosecutors must prove that a defendant has ...
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  • Colorado DUI arrests on July Fourth weekend increase

    Drunken driving arrests were up statewide over the Fourth of July weekend compared with 2015, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Law enforcement agencies made 312 DUI arrests July 1-5, an increase from the 288 recorded in 2015 over the summer holiday weekend. “It’s unfortunate that impaired drivers make bad decisions to put themselves and others on the road in danger,” Col. ...
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  • Nearly 400 drivers arrested statewide during St. Patrick's Day DUI crackdown

    St. Patrick's Day was a massive party for the public, and a massive round of arrests for Colorado police statewide. Nearly 400 drivers were arrested on DUI charges in Colorado over the week of St. Patrick’s Day. Law enforcement agencies across the state increased DUI patrols between March 11 and March 18. During last year’s St. Patrick’s Day enforcement period, which ran for seven days, 505 people ...
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  • Teen Alcohol Use Continues to Decline

    This week the National Institute on Drug Abuse released the 2015 Monitoring the Future report which follows the dangerous issue of underage drinking and drug use. In 2015, teen alcohol use declined in all grades surveyed (8th, 10th and 12th grades). Highlights from the report: Binge drinking (five or more drinks in a row within the past two weeks) is now 17% among 12th grade students, down from ...
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  • Would you tell on yourself? Self-reported drinking and driving

    Although this study is old, the information is still fascinating on self-reported drinking and driving numbers. The original story can be found here . "In 1999, researchers conducted a nationwide, random telephone survey of 5,733 adults age 16 and older to collect information about drinking and driving behavior and attitudes, and enforcement of drinking and driving laws (Royal 2000). Overall, 21 ...
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  • Drunk Driving by the Numbers

    This information presented in this article was found via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics site: Do you know how often people are killed in alcohol-related highway crashes? Three people every TWO hours. In fact, 4 million U.S. adults reported driving under the influence of alcohol at least once in 2010, with 112 million alcohol-impaired driving episodes. Women should hold their heads a bit ...
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  • Ability to balance on one leg may reflect brain health, stroke risk

    The science behind roadside sobriety testing takes another nail to its coffin according to new research in the American Heart Associations journal, Stroke . Struggling to balance on one leg for 20 seconds or longer was linked to an increased risk for small blood vessel damage in the brain and reduced cognitive function in otherwise healthy people with no clinical symptoms. Put simply b this ...
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  • Raw Video: Alleged DUI driver passes out in middle of freeway; dramatic rescue caught on camera

    Scary news out of California this week shows an intoxicated woman passed out in the driver's seat of her car & in the middle of the freeway! The police, despite their best efforts, could not wake the woman until they smashed in a window to rouse her. Traffic whipped by on both sides of the woman's Chrysler Sebring as a concerned citizen stopped his own car, called 911, and tried to wake her up ...
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  • Reese Witherspoon and her husband prove a DUI doesn't have to ruin your life

    The entertainment industry is in the midst of awards season, with the Oscars less than a month away. One of the favorites to take home the Academy Award for Best Actress is Reese Witherspoon, who received a slew of nominations for her role in the critically acclaimed movie "Wild." But it wasn't too long ago that Witherspoon and her husband, talent agent Jim Toth, had some wild behavior of their ...
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  • Study: Half of fatal car accidents with young drivers caused by alcohol, marijuana

    A new study conducted across nine states finds that the deaths of about half of all young drivers killed in car accidents were owed to alcohol or marijuana. The researchers, whose findings were published in the January 12 online edition of the journal Injury Epidemiology , evaluated approximately 7,200 fatal car crashes from 1999 to 2011, involving drivers between the ages of 16 and 25. Alcohol, ...
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  • Spotlighting 3 more marijuana myths

    Last week, we shared with you some of the findings of a new study that had evaluated 20 years worth of marijuana research. While not necessarily breaking new ground in its own right, this review does help to compile years' worth of scientific results on the effects of marijuana use into one easily accessible source -- which is all the more important as misinformation continues to cloud public ...
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