posted by admin on May 27
“United States began to toughen their law for DUI in response to public outcry. Today, it is not necessary that a person be “”drunk”" to receive a DUI citation in las vegas. If your breath or blood test shows an alcohol concentration of .08% or more within TWO (2) hours of operating the vehicle, you are presumed to be too intoxicated to safely drive within the State of Nevada. You may not think that you are intoxicated and those around you may not think that you are intoxicated. However, you may be considered intoxicated for any the purpose of driving. That is, you may have enough alcohol and/or controlled or prohibited substances in your system to be considered too intoxicated to drive. If you are convicted ,you will suffer harsh penalties.
DRIVING SYMPTOMS OF “”DUI”": The list of symptoms which follow include the probability that the driver is intoxicated. For example, the research indicates that the chances are 65 out of 100 that a driver who is straddling a center or lane marker has a blood-alcohol concentration of .10 percent or higher (the research was conducted before blood-alcohol levels were dropped to .08 percent). Read the rest of this entry »
“Types of DUI:There have been many attempts to find advance indicators of who will drive when impaired by alcohol. The most well-established predictor is prior driving under the influence (DUI) arrests. Also, people who injure others or who have been injured after drinking will have more DUI convictions (Buntain-Ricklefs et al., 1995). Those with more total moving violations and more prior convictions of all kinds have more repeat DUI offenses (Peck et al., 1994). Those who refuse blood alcohol concentration (BAC) tests or have higher BAC test results also have more DUI offenses (Marowitz, 1998). The alcohol ignition interlock is a device installed on the cars of some DUI offenders that requires a low-alcohol or alcohol-free breath sample before the ignition unlocks and allows an engine to be started. Studies in the United States and Canada have shown that the interlock reduces DUI (Beck et al., 1999; Coben and Larkin, 1999; Marques et al., 2001a; Voas et al., 1999). The interlock has also been reported to be a good predictor of DUI risk (Marques et al., 2001b). 
“”"A Nation Without Drunk Driving.”" This is a symposium that will be sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or known as MADD as part of the International DUI (meaning Driving Under the Influence) Technology Symposium that would be held on the 19th and the 20th of this month in Albuquerque, Canada. During this symposium, the latest innovations to help out lessen the number of drunk drivers would be showcased. The list would include alcohol-detecting sensors and anklet devices. These actually test the alcohol levels in the skin so much so that the ignition on their vehicles would lock up in case they do detect that a driver is drunk. All these innovations and technologies would be presented by researchers, law enforcement officers, and criminal justice people. 
