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...

A Colorado newspaper recently published an important editorial discussing the current effort by lawmakers in the state to further stiffen drunk driving penalties. The editorial acknowledged the tragedy and senselessness of drunk driving fatalities, but pointed out that continually increasing penalties for drunk drivers has done little to lessen the problem. Read More...

A sad story out of Arizona highlights the lasting damage that an impaired driving charge can leave on a person’s criminal record, haunting even innocent drivers for years to come. Read More...

Earlier last year there was much discussion surrounding the idea of a new, lower national alcohol limit. The current 0.08 BAC is under attack from some groups that argue the U.S. needs to follow Europe’s lead and lower the legal drinking limit, something they claim will save hundreds if not thousands of lives each year. Read More...

Several teens from Glastonbury, Connecticut found themselves facing criminal charges related to a drunk driving incident back in July of 2013. The unusual aspect of the case is that the charges are not related to their own impaired driving, but because they allowed a friend they knew was intoxicated to get behind the wheel and drive herself home, a mistake that ultimately resulted in the 17-year-old’s death. Read More...

The Minnesota Vikings have endured their fair share of trouble off the field in recent seasons, with several players arrested for a variety of legal mishaps. The latest incident occurred earlier this week when Erin Henderson, Vikings linebacker, was arrested for drunk driving. Read More...

Although not related to Minnesota drunk driving or DWI related issues, we thought this recent decision out of Massachusetts was extremely important with regard to juvenile offenders and worth noting in our blog. Read More...