drunk driving

As legislation in many states begin to relax marijuana restrictions, there is a growing concern about how the use of the drug will affect road safety. Ohio drivers may be interested to learn that there many companies trying to create a roadside test that would be able...

An Ohio man pleaded not guilty to several charges he was handed after a traffic stop on Oct. 22. The man was accused of driving drunk in Warren Township with two children in his vehicle. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers stopped the man while he was traveling on...

It's important that every driver be fully engaged mentally and cognitively while driving. In America, someone is injured every two minutes in a drunk driving accident. This may mean that officers are on the lookout for those who are driving drunk. If a driver is...

According to the Ohio Administrative Code, blood or urine samples are to be refrigerated unless under examination or in transit. This issue came up in a case that was brought to the Ohio Supreme Court in February 2016. The case in question involved a man who had...

The number of annual deaths from unintentional opiate overdoses has increased by 800 percent since 2003, according to the Ohio Department of Health. Opiates have become such an issue that authorities are now separating OVI data between drugged and drunk driving. In...

As a commercial truck driver, your commercial driver's license (CDL) is the most important document you have. Without it, you cannot drive, and you cannot make a living. Because the consequences for a violation can be so serious, it is essential to practice safe...

According to law enforcement officers, a man was charged with a DUI after the officers claim his blood alcohol level was almost three times the Ohio limit of 0.08 percent. The incident happened on Oct. 8 around 9:09 p.m. at the Mickey Mart in Greenwich. Officers with...

An Ohio woman was accused of driving drunk in two separate incidents on the same day, Sept. 20. The 48-year-old woman was first stopped in Streetsboro at 9:25 a.m. after police received reports about an erratic driver. She reportedly failed a field sobriety test and a...

New Mexico has one of the highest rates of DWI as well as the highest rates of death from DWI in the nation. However, startup company DermaTEC thinks it may have a way of reducing the number of drunk drivers on the road through the development of a product called...

Drivers in Ohio and throughout the country who police suspect of being impaired may be administered another test besides the Breathalyzer in the future. Researchers at Stanford University say they have developed a test that can measure the amount of THC in a person's...