Drunk driving has been a problem on the roads for as long as cars have been. In fact, we’re pretty sure drinking and driving was an issue before cars, and included numerous instances of people recklessly riding horses through crowds while drunk. Most people know that drunk driving is a serious problem, but many do…
A veteran was recently killed in a drunk driving accident just hours after posting a Facebook status full of his hopes and wishes for 2016. The victim, 31, was riding his motorcycle in Seminole when a suspected drunk driver did not yield at a stop sign and turned directly into his path. The victim was…
According to a survey conducted by Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease control, 38 percent fewer young adults of drinking age are getting behind the wheel these days than back in 2002. Even better, the number of people between 16 and 20 that reportedly drink and drive is down to 6…
A firefighter in Orlando recently pled not guilty after he was charged with crashing into 18 parked cars while drunk driving. The man had been off-duty when the accident occurred back in September. An attorney for the defendant filed not guilty pleas for all of the nine charges, which range from driving under the influence,…
Drunk drivers are responsible for the wrongful death of as many as ten thousand people every year, according to the Centers of Disease Control (CDC). A third of all car accidents in this country are alcohol-related. Somebody has to pay for medical expenses, property damages as well as potential punitive damages in each of those…
After a night of partying and drinking, a 16-year-old in Texas loaded up seven of his friends in his truck and took off down a dark road. The driver’s blood alcohol level was reportedly more than three times the legal limit at the time. While speeding down the country road at 70mph, the driver lost…
A Cooper City man was having a good time at a local bar on the night of September 11, and had allegedly had more than enough to drink, prompting his friends and the bartender to stop serving him alcohol. They could see that he was in no shape to drive and offered to get him…
In a Florida Times-Union article published online, the story of a restaurant manager who has been involved in multiple drunk driving incidents is told by both the man’s own words and the tragic details of his crimes. The restaurant manager, previously convicted of four drunk driving offenses, was most recently involved in an accident with…
At 12:30 a.m. on June 11, a 24-year-old mother was found asleep in her car by Daytona Beach police, with her two children, 1 and 3 years old, in the backseat. According to the ClickOrlando.com report on the incident, a Daytona Beach police officer discovered one open bottle of alcohol in the vehicle’s center console…
