Tagged: Drunk Driving

Pages

1:38pm

Tue May 14, 2013
Shots - Health News

Feds Push For Lower Alcohol Limits For Drivers

Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 11:07 am

Credit AP

To curb drunken driving, the federal National Transportation Safety Board has voted to recommend that states tighten the legal limit for drivers' blood alcohol.

The threshold now for drunken driving is a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08. (The BAC equals alcohol divided by the volume of blood it's in.)

The NTSB would push for it to be lowered to 0.05, in line with the limits in countries such as Denmark, the Philippines and Switzerland.

Read more

7:38am

Mon April 22, 2013
The Two-Way

Reese Witherspoon Apologizes For Her Behavior

Originally published on Mon April 22, 2013 11:34 am

Credit AP

Now, something completely unrelated to the heavy news of recent days:

"I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said," actress Reese Witherspoon says in a statement sent to Entertainment Weekly and other news outlets about her arrest Friday in Atlanta.

Read more

5:10pm

Wed April 17, 2013
The Two-Way

Supreme Court Backs Warrants For Blood Tests In DUI Cases

Originally published on Wed April 17, 2013 6:10 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that police must generally obtain a warrant before subjecting a drunken-driving suspect to a blood test. The vote was 8-to-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas the lone dissenter.

Read more

Pages