A recent study published by renowned University of Florida researchers and picked up on by James Wigmore indicates that the consumption of energy drinks increases a person’s risk of drinking and driving. The University of Florida researchers collected data from Wednesday through Saturday nights at a nearby college bar during April 2008. The researchers divided
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DON’T LOWER BLOOD ALCHOHOL CONTENT TO .05%
Lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (“BAC”) for drunk driving from .08% to .05% has been gaining traction in states across the country and the press is starting to pick up on it. On May 14, 2013 NBC News reported that the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”) recommended that all states lower their BAC levels for
TWO WRONGS ADD UP TO TWO PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL STAFFERS BEING CHARGED WITH DUI IN CITY VEHICLES
As reported in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, two Philadelphia city council staffers were fired after both were charged with DUI stemming from the same Saturday morning incident. Initially, council receptionist, Robin Jones, crashed a city owned Chevy Cobalt into the front of a building on 13th and Hamilton Streets at 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning. In what
CAN I AVOID A DUI CHECKPOINT AND WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I AM STOPPED AT A DUI CHECKPOINT?
In Pennsylvania you are well within your rights to avoid a DUI checkpoint if you can make a legal driving maneuver such as a legal u-turn or turn onto a side road. The problem is that the vast majority of DUI checkpoints are set up in areas where drivers are not provided with an opportunity to make
STATE COLLEGE DUI CHECKPOINTS LABOR DAY WEEKEND
In an effort to assist you this weekend while you are out celebrating the end of summer, I have attempted to locate any and all checkpoints in and around the State College and Centre County area. Unfortunately, the closet I came to actually locating a specific time and place of a DUI checkpoint in State
DUI CHECKPOINTS: WHO IS THE ONE PERCENT AND WHY DO WE PAY TO FIND THEM?
State College, PA- Over the weekend, State College police stopped 600 drivers in a DUI checkpoint that has been heralded by local media and law enforcement alike for its many successes. As reported in the Centre Daily Times, drivers on North Atherton were in for an “unexpected stop” on Friday night. For most, it meant
STATE COLLEGE DUI LAWYER NEWS AND NOTES- YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ACTUALLY DRIVING THE CAR TO BE CONVICTED OF DUI
State College, PA- This past week, State College police arrested two suspected State College residents for DUI. On Monday, State College police found a twenty-one year old man passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle at the intersection of Transfer Road and East College Avenue. Adam Smeltz of StateCollege.com reported that State College police
THE CASE FOR PROBABLE CAUSE
As I mentioned in the beginning, my main purpose in creating this blog was to provide State College residents and by extension Pennsylvania citizens with information about DUI laws in Pennsylvania and the ways in which State College residents lack of knowledge relating to DUI laws is exploited by State College police to effectuate DUI
WHY ARE STATE COLLEGE POLICE STILL USING BREATHALYZERS?
As is becoming a recurring theme across the country, another district attorney is forced to answer questions about the flawed data obtained from breathalyzers, which begs the question, why are State College and Pennsylvania police still using them? Recently, CBS News aired a national report on the Silcon Valley Mercury News reporting of the San
THE PROBLEMS WITH BREATHALYZERS IN STATE COLLEGE
Breathalyzers are typically the weapon of choice for most State College and Pennsylvania cops in securing a DUI arrest. However, as prominent DUI Pennsylvania attorney, Justin McShane, demonstrates in this video, breathalyzers are not the most reliable of tools. If you do not have six minutes to watch the breathalyzer video above, McShane demonstrates the