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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
New Driver's Licenses are coming soon
Legislative Update
House Bill 1899 passed in the House Judiciary Committee adding more synthetic cabinoids to those currently banned. The law as passed by the committee is available at:
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1889.pdf
The law includes the Bath Salts that have been produced for consumption, not for a bath!
The Sponsor is freshman Representative Antonio Parkinson from Memphis.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1889.pdf
The law includes the Bath Salts that have been produced for consumption, not for a bath!
The Sponsor is freshman Representative Antonio Parkinson from Memphis.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Hard Core Drinking Drivers
According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Hard Core Drinking Drivers are responsible for more than 70% of alcohol related traffic deaths. A Hard core drinking driver is a person with a BAC greater than .15 or a repeat DUI offender. According to one study Hard Core Drinking Drivers make up less than 1% of the population.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Leaving the Scene
The Tennessean reports that a Gallatin man fled the scene of his DUI crash. He left behind his stepdaughter, who was seriously injured and would pass away within about an hour. He has been charged with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide and Leaving the Scene.
Representative Tony Shipley filed earlier in the Legislative Session a bill that would make driving under the influence with a child in the car a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days and a fine of $1,000.
Driving under the influence is a risky, thoughtless and dangerous thing to do. To endanger a child by driving under the influence is beyond comprehension. See the Shipley bill at:
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB0141.pdf
Please keep the 8 year victim, Alesis Thompson, and her schoolmates, friends and family in your thoughts and prayers.
Representative Tony Shipley filed earlier in the Legislative Session a bill that would make driving under the influence with a child in the car a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days and a fine of $1,000.
Driving under the influence is a risky, thoughtless and dangerous thing to do. To endanger a child by driving under the influence is beyond comprehension. See the Shipley bill at:
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB0141.pdf
Please keep the 8 year victim, Alesis Thompson, and her schoolmates, friends and family in your thoughts and prayers.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Kentucky genius steals ambulance to get a ride home
Sometimes in classes we ask officers what's the dumbest thing you ever saw an impaired driver do? We hear some interesting answers, which confirm that alcohol effects judgement. A Kentucky gentleman decided on Friday night that he should steal an ambulance that was stopped at the Emergency Room of a Hazard hospital, because he needed a ride home. Anyone question alcohol effects judgement?
Read about the Kentucky gentleman, who is presumed innocent at:
"Triple drunk" on bond reoffends and t-bones
The Chattanoogan reports that a man was released on house arrest after being "triple drunk", which I suspect means he had a .24 B.A.C. The Court was assured that due to prostate cancer, he would not drive again. The driver proved that the person who vouched for him was wrong. He was arrested again and this time was given a transdermal monitoring device pending his multiple charges. This is the type of situation addressed by the Legislature last year dealing with people on bond for DUI, who commit another DUI.
Splashing sobriety?
Whenever an Appellate decision begins with: "This case relates to a high-speed chase that ended with the Defendant jumping off a bridge", you know you are in for a treat. State v Mooneyham Jr. involved a DUI 4th offense felony and evading arrest felony for a multiple range offender who was driving with a revoked license. (Suprise, suprise, suprise.)
Mooneyham ended up with a 12 year prison sentence. Comically, the defense questioned the DUI evidence. Maybe, according to the defense, his disoriented condition and indications of impairment were caused by his "fall" from the bridge.
His decision to dive 25 feet off a bridge after deciding to drive over 100 mph might have been an indication of alcohol impaired judgement. The Court affirmed his conviction, found he was dangerous due to multiple prior DUI's and his conduct during these offenses and gave him consecutive maximum sentences.
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