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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Indiana Supreme Court: Police Can Stop Drunk Drivers Based Only on a Tip
Just before New Year’s Eve, the Indiana Supreme Court released its ruling regarding whether police can pull over a drunk driver based solely on a 911 tip from another driver trying to prevent an auto accident. In a 4-1 decision, the Court overruled the trial court and appellate decision that the police did not have a reasonable suspicion to stop the car. The facts of the case are simple: a concerned citizen called 911 and told the operator he had been following a blue Volkswagon that was weaving and driving erratically on the road. He willingly gave his name and telephone number, and reported that the car had just pulled into a gas station. Ninety seconds later, police arrived at the gas station and stopped the blue Volkswagon. The female driver had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of alcohol. She failed three field sobriety tests and was arrested. Her subsequent…
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Super Bowl Revelers, Take Note that Drunk Driving is our Topic of the Week
Last week, this blog asked whether distracted driving was the new drunk driving, as statistics show more drivers are causing car accidents due to distractions than ever before. Advocacy groups and citizens call upon state legislatures to outlaw certain behaviors, such as cell phone use and texting, to reduce auto accidents and fatalities. This was similar to the passing of harsher drunk driving laws and penalties during the 1980s, when MADD formed and rightfully pressured state legislatures to do more to prevent senseless auto accidents. Indiana, in fact, had been the first state to enact a Blood Alcohol Content law in 1939, which made illegal operating a vehicle with a BAC over .15 (almost twice the amount of today’s .08 limits). There is still more work to be done, and drunk driving remains a serious issue for all motorists and their passengers. In this week leading up to the Super Bowl, we…
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New Smartphone Apps Seek to Remedy Distracted Driving
Smartphones have been receiving a fair amount of blame for the ongoing problem of distracted driving causing car accidents. This has prompted some software designers to seek out ways for users to use their phones to keep them focused on the road. Two new kinds of apps take opposite strategies to solve distracted driving, as one seeks to stop all cell phone use while the other actively encourages it. One such app that may prove beneficial for parents of teenagers glued to their phones at all times. Sprint offers a service to customers called “Sprint Drive First,” and for $2/month, the phone will shut down automatically when it is in a vehicle driving over 10 miles per hour. They also offer an override button, but the use of this override will show up on the phone bill. Another company is offering a similar type of app called CellControl, which is available to download…
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