As state lawmakers consider revamping Missouri's driving-while- intoxicated laws, the Missouri Supreme Court is poised to reconsider the interpretation of those already on the books. Today and tomorrow, the high court will hear four DWI-related appeals, including two that could resolve splits between the various districts of the Court of Appeals.
A shoe a woman lost on a snowy night in Platte County helped set the stage for a test of the state's warrantless DWI arrest statute. More than an hour and a half passed between Natalie Ross's initial contact with the officer and her arrest for driving while intoxicated, but the Missouri Supreme Court last week unanimously upheld the revocation of her driver's license.
Special ignition locking devices will be imposed on any driver convicted of drunken driving, including first-time offenders, and new felonies will be created for intoxicated drivers with a child in the vehicle under an agreement reached Tuesday in Albany. The legislation creates one of the toughest set of anti-drunken- driving statutes in the nation, and it came after a week of intense negotiations and the personal involvement of a New York City father whose daughter was recently killed in a crash caused by a drunken driver.
REFORM Proposals to combat drunken driving in the 2007 legislative session likely will range from more money for treatment of alcohol abuse to allowing judges to order young convicts to install ignition- interlock devices in their cars.
Drivers in fatal crashes must be held accountable I am a little baffled by the DWI laws. If you are caught driving drunk, you are going to get a summons or placed in jail. Last month, a young man ran a red light at Main and Ferry streets. He crashed into a police car, injuring the officer, and one of the passengers in his own car later died. He was charged with driving while intoxicated, five counts of vehicular assault and running a red light, and is being held in the Erie County Holding Center.
Some of the teens are angry. They reminisced, they cried, they cussed at the man accused of causing the fatal accident. They won't get to see their friends during classes anymore, at the skate park or at other gatherings. Cloe Davis, 15, wants tougher laws against drunken drivers.
Scaffold Law needed to protect workers A Nov. 27 Viewpoints story called the Scaffold Law "obsolete" and "a burden for all New Yorkers." The byline said this story was a "Special to The News" from Laura Zaepfel. This was misleading. Zaepfel states facts without citing any sources for them. For instance, she states that "the rate of occupational fatalities among construction workers in New York far exceeds the national average." And she argues we don't need the Scaffold Law. It's obviously not doing any good. Workers are still falling from scaffolds. (Maybe we should get rid of the DWI laws. I mean, people are still driving drunk!)
The Boone County Sheriff's Department will be conducting a special patrol one night this weekend to intercept intoxicated motorists. Additional deputies will be patrolling the roadways throughout the county to enforce DWI laws, according to a news release. Sheriff's deputies advise motorists that it is never worth the risk to drive while under the influence of drugs or alcohol and that impaired drivers risk losing their license, paying large fines or causing a loss of life.
DWI: Proposals would toughen ignition-interlock laws Ralph Gonzales hopes he and other relatives of a Las Vegas, N.M., family killed in an alcohol-related crash will put faces behind the statistics when lawmakers consider tougher measures against drunken driving during this year's legislative session.
Gov. David A. Paterson on Tuesday proposed legislation that would enhance penalties for repeat DWI offenders. The proposal call for increases to the mandatory sentence for a second DWI conviction (within 10 years of the first) from five to 30 days' imprisonment as well as increases to the penalty imposed following three or more DWI convictions in 10 years, from 10 to 90 days incarceration. The proposal is part of a wide-ranging bill concerning New York's DWI laws.
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