Month: May 2013
Titan avoids DUI conviction over lack of prosecution
When someone is charged with drunk driving, it can feel like it’s inevitable that he will be convicted of the offense. But that isn’t necessarily so in many DUI cases in Tennessee. Titans player Brandon Barden’s case proves that there is hope after a drunk driving arrest in Tennessee, and sometimes that hope is satisfied
Child behind wheel, but Tennessee couple still charged with DUI
Some people will go to great lengths to avoid a drunk driving arrest. In the case of a Tennessee pair, they apparently saw relying on a sober driver as a wise way to get around a possible DUI problem. However, when that sober driver is 11 years old, that isn’t a good — or legal
Possible change to blood alcohol test limit puts drivers at risk
The Tennessee legal system already comes down hard on drunk driving suspects; now, if the federal government has anything to do with it, it and other states will take drinking and driving even more seriously. The National Transportation Safety Board met today to have a conversation about blood alcohol concentration and whether current BAC laws are enough
Even a first DUI can result in career consequences
Last month, Tennessee police got a call that there was a parked school bus in a parking lot with the driver inside. When authorities reported to the location and approached the bus driver, they had reason to begin a drunk driving investigation. A breath test allegedly indicated that the 39-year-old bus driver had a blood