Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends reducing the limit. Some say it would save lives. Others say it's unreasonable.
One drink could be the standard for drunken driving – at least for some people if the National Transporation Safety Board has its way. On Tuesday, the NTSB recommended states lower the blood-alcohol threshold for driving under the influence from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent. What do you think? Is the proposal reasonable? About 10,000 deaths a year are related to drunken driving. The NTSB says the lower limit would save 500 to 800 lives a year. Officials at the American Beverage Institute called the proposal "ludicrous." It said the average woman could reach the 0.05 percent limit by having one drink. Internationally, only a handful of countries, including Canada, the United States and England, have a BAC limit of .08 while most of the …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Man charged by Forks Township police with DUI on New Year's Eve, arraigned Thursday.
A man charged by Forks Township police with driving under the influence on New Year’s Eve was found to have a driver’s license that expired almost seven years ago, court records say. Also, the man remained a John Doe during his arrest and time spent at the county DUI center, where he refused chemical testing. The man provided no identification and there was no record for the information he did provide, the records say. It wasn’t until police took him to county central booking, where they could perform a “live scan” on the John Doe, that they were able to identify him as Luis Manuel Lazu. A “live scan” captures fingerprints and palm prints electronically without the need for traditional ink and paper. It allows police to identify people and…
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Damian L. Gonzalez stopped for alleged DUI in downtown Easton.
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Tuesday, January 1
A Palmer Township man is facing a DUI charge after a traffic stop in Easton Saturday. City police say Damian Gonzalez, 26, of 14 Brentwood Ave., was spotted squealing his tires in Centre Square, and then turning left in front of another driver who had the right of way, all while driving with a broken taillight. Gonzalez failed a sobriety test and a Breathalyzer test, police said. He will be charged via summons with driving while under the influence and traffic violations.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
If you insist on driving after a few drinks on New Year's Eve, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system—and your criminal record.
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- Megan Rozsa
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? As we approach New Year's Eve, and all the celebrations that come with it, Patch is here to help you know when enough is enough. When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Pennsylvania's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. Check out the chart in the media portion of this article to see what your limit is. And remember, …
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Timothy Graves, 33, of Nazareth is accused of running three stop signs, attempting to ram into a state police cruiser, and speeding through three townships before crashing into an embankment.
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- Tom Coombe
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
A Nazareth man is charged with leading Bushkill Township police on a 10-mile chase through three townships, and with threatening to ram a police cruiser with his car. Timothy Graves, 33, of the 100 block of S. Spruce Street, is charged with fleeing/eluding police, DUI, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and numerous traffic violations. According to court records, a township police officer was on patrol Thursday when he saw Graves make a turn onto Clearfield Road without signaling. The officer followed and determined Graves was speeding by keeping pace with his car. The officer said Graves was driving 60.9 mph in a 40 mph zone. The officer tried to pull Graves over, but Graves kept driving -- at speeds reaching 80 mph through Bushkill…
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Chris Taylor Jr
5:10 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
the law makes NO sense because you think it has something to do with drunk driving and our safety. Once you realize its all about revenue and nothing more. absolutely nothing more. then it makes perfect sense. more ›