Government officials at all levels are currently under fire after drivers from across the country have complained about coercive and even illegal efforts to force them into submitting to drug and alcohol tests. The tests are part of the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drugged Driving, which is being conducted in more than 60 cities across the country. Read More...

In a recent case, the Minnesota Court of Appeals yet again tackled the issue of warrantless tests to determine intoxication, ultimately upholding the conviction of Stephanie Ann Taylor, a woman who was forced to provide a urine sample to police without a valid search warrant. Read More...

I found this story interesting as there are some similarities with Minnesota DWI law.  In Minnesota, if you area arrested for DUI and have certain “aggravating factors” present from the facts of your arrest, then you may be subject to having to submit to on going breath testing to measure your blood alcohol concentration as a condition of release even before there is a criminal conviction. Read More...

A recent study out of Columbia University has raised some serious doubts about the safety of marijuana use while driving. Though everyone has long understood the dangers of drinking and driving, researchers say that in the recent push to legalize the possession of marijuana there has been little discussion of how that legalization might impact traffic fatality rates. Read More...

The following case began back in October of 2012, when John Roy Drum was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Earlier that evening, an officer noticed that Drum’s car had a broken taillight and pulled Drum over. It didn’t take long for the officer to suspect that Drum had been drinking, saying that he noticed the smell of alcohol and Drum’s slurred speech. Drum himself admitted to drinking a couple of beers and was ordered out of the car. Read More...

Since Justin Bieber’s arrest last week for DUI and drag racing in Florida, the Internet has exploded with rumors that the pop star might be deported for his crimes. Many may not realize that the teen singer is actually Canadian and has been living and working in the U.S. for years on a visa. Read More...

As previously discussed, Minnesota drivers who have been convicted of driving while impaired might, in some cases, be required to install an ignition interlock device on their vehicles. Ignition interlock devices work by reading the blood alcohol level of the driver before the car can be started and reporting the results back to the organization responsible for the IID installation. Read More...

Police officials in Los Angeles have announced that a new tool used to conduct drug tests will be deployed at sobriety checkpoints around the city in a bid to bust those driving under the influence of drugs. Read More...

An underage driver getting himself arrested for drunk driving seldom makes national headlines. However, most underage drivers aren’t internationally known pop stars like Justin Bieber. Bieber, 19, was arrested in Miami earlier this week after cops say he and another driver were drag racing on a downtown residential street early Thursday morning. Read More...

The country was collectively outraged last month when a 16-year-old boy from Texas was sentenced to probation after killing four people and seriously injuring several others following a terrible DWI accident. His lawyer used a novel approach to avoid jail time, explaining to the judge that the boy suffered from “affluenza,” a term that refers to the boy’s privileged life which left him unaware that his actions came with consequences. Read More...