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WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Sept. 9 released updated 2009 fatality and injury data showing that highway deaths fell to 33,808 for the year -- the lowest number since 1950.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation on Aug. 25 kicked off the annual "Drunk Driving -- Over the Limit, Under Arrest" campaign aimed at getting drunk drivers off the road.
Read More →NEW YORK - Beginning Aug. 15, Leandra's Law will take affect in the state of New York and anyone convicted of misdemeanor or felony drunken driving will be required to install -- for a minimum of six months -- an ignition interlock breathalyzer device, the New York Times reported.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA - Four counties in California will begin participating in a pilot program next month in which convicted drunken drivers will have to outfit their vehicles with ignition-locking devices, the Associated Press reported.
Read More →OGDEN, UT - A Utah truck driver has been arrested after blood tests indicated he was driving under the influence of illegal drugs when he crashed his rig carrying diesel fuel in March, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
Read More →LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley on April 26 filed drunk driving charges against L.A. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Read More →WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI - Allowing an alleged drunk-driving offender to drive a company vehicle is just one factor that led to the immediate dismissal of a nonprofit agency's executive director.
Read More →RIVERSIDE, CA - Riverside police and city Investigators have found that former Riverside Police Chief Russ Leach received preferential treatment back on Feb. 8, when he was stopped by police after crashing his city-owned car following a night of drinking, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Read More →LOS ANGELES - The top budget analyst for the city of Los Angeles, City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, was arrested early Friday, March 26, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. He was driving a city vehicle at the time the California Highway Patrol arrested him, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Read More →TRENTON, NJ -- Just days before New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was sworn into office, then-acting Gov. Stephen Sweeney signed into law a bill that requires drivers convicted of certain drunken driving offenses to outfit their vehicles with a breathalyzer device.
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