Covid 19 & Alcohol Monitoring
DISRUPTIONS TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Mental Health Month
During May, The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) joins the national movement to raise awareness about mental health. Each year we fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for policies that support people with mental illness and their families.
DUI Penalties in Florida
DUI charges are a criminal offense in Florida. This means if you are convicted of the crime of DUI, or if you plead guilty or no-contest, you will be sentenced as a criminal defendant.
CheckBAC In The News
Source: https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/new-app-fighting-against-drunk-driving/482653327
4th of July – Drive Sober
Americans love to celebrate the 4th of July with family, friends, food, and fireworks. But all too often the festivities turn tragic on the nation’s roads. This iconic American holiday is also one of the deadliest holidays of the year due to drunk-driving crashes. Over the 2016 Fourth of July holiday (6 p.m. July 2 to 5:59…
December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
December has been designated National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Click here to read the proclamation from President Barack Obama. MADD has these tips to help ensure everyone’s safety this holiday season: Designate a sober driver before…
Labor Day weekend most dangerous for DUIs
A new analysis of the drinking behavior of drunk drivers during Labor Day shows that drinking more than doubles on Saturday of the holiday weekend compared to the average the rest of the year. SOURCE: Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. This week the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that U.S. traffic deaths increased 7.2%…
Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths: How is the U.S. Doing?
Source: CDC Download the guide: http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/pdf/2016-07-vitalsigns.pdf “Reducing motor vehicle crash deaths was one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century for the US. However, more than 32,000 people are killed and 2 million are injured each year from motor vehicle crashes. In 2013, the US crash death rate was more than twice…
Drinking & Driving: Summer Statistics
With more people on the roads, and celebrations and activities that often include drinking, many jurisdictions see their highest rates of drunk driving and alcohol-involved crashes in the summer. According to MADD, someone is killed in a drunk-driving crash every 34 minutes during Labor Day weekend. Underage drinking peaks in the summer and teens are…
Today Show: Some drunk drivers keep returning to the road…
Jeff Rossen and Charlie McLravy | Today Show “It was early one Saturday morning nearly four years ago when a drunk driver changed Ellie Phipps’ life forever. It was 6:30 in the morning and the Grand Junction, Colorado, woman was driving to the gym when John Wesley Plotner, a drunk driver with half a dozen…