Category Archives: DUI
PennDOT to Focus on Impaired Driving During Holiday Season
The Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently announced plans to focus even more heavily on impaired driving during the upcoming holiday season. This year, there will be a national Click It or Ticket “Operation Safe Holiday” enforcement effort from November 20 to December 4. Along with this campaign, Pennsylvania state […]
Pennsylvania State Police Target Underage Drinking
The Pennsylvania State Police announced plans to ramp up its focus on underage drinking in locations near colleges and universities across the state. Through the effort, state police officials are meeting with university administrators, campus police officers and bar and restaurant owners to educate them on ways that they can prevent underage drinking both on […]
Lab Error May Have Caused Inaccurate BAC Results in Erie County
The discovery of a testing error at a laboratory facility means that about 1,700 Erie County blood alcohol content (BAC) results have needed to be reviewed. According to initial reports, the reprocessing resulted in several tests that needed to be adjusted. However, it’s not yet clear what that will mean for the driving under the […]
New Data Reveals State Police Arrested Record Number of People for Drugged Driving in 2015
Recently released data from the Pennsylvania State Police indicates there was a significant spike in drug-specific driving under the influence (DUI) arrests in 2015. Law enforcement officers in the state have reportedly become experts at pinpointing individuals who are driving while intoxicated. Now, they are also honing their skills at finding people driving while impaired […]
Pennsylvania Passes Ignition Interlock Device Law for DUI Offenders
The Pennsylvania legislature recently passed Senate Bill 290, which has been dubbed the Ignition Interlock Law. Now, people convicted of first-time drunk driving offenses with blood alcohol content levels of .10 percent and above can avoid a year-long license suspension if they instead seek a license for an ignition interlock device. According to state senators […]
Passengers Call 911 on Bus Driver After Erratic Driving
A driver for Focus Travel, a bus tour trip company located in Pennsylvania, was recently arrested by state police for driving under the influence (DUI). According to a Yelp review of the bus trip, a woman on the bus described a “near death experience,” saying the man was driving so erratically that passengers were fearing […]
Penalties in Some DUI Cases Could Be Reduced Under Supreme Court Ruling
A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 2016 could actually end up giving some people charged with driving under the influence (DUI) a break in terms of the potential penalties they face. Three separate but related cases were consolidated in the matter of Birchfield v. North Dakota relating to the issue […]
Lancaster Activists Push for Changes to Pennsylvania DUI Law
A Lancaster couple has come to the forefront of potential driving under the influence (DUI) reform in Pennsylvania, acting on behalf of all families in the state who have lost a loved one to drunk driving. Chris and Susan Demko lost their 18-year-old daughter in July 2014 to a driver who was reportedly under the […]
Pennsylvania Man Charged with DUI After Setting Up Fake Checkpoint
A Pennsylvania man found himself in a great deal of legal trouble after being arrested for driving under the influence. According to police, he had set up a fake drunk driving checkpoint, only to be charged with a DUI himself once actual police officers arrived at the scene to investigate. According to authorities in Somerset, […]
Police Stop More Drugged Drivers on Pennsylvania Roads
State data shows there are fewer people who are getting behind the wheel while drunk in Pennsylvania today than in previous years. However, more people are operating motor vehicles while under the influence of drugs, something that may be attributed to the growing heroin and prescription drug crises in the region (and across the country). […]
