DWI Hit Parade!

From Pro8News.com
A member of Laredo police is arrested early this morning on several charges, including DWI after causing a vehicle to crash into a home.
According to police they received a call around two in the morning reporting a car accident in the 57-hundred block of Little Oak Drive.
This is 42-year-old Homar Chavez Jr. …..MORE

During the month of December, the Clarksville Police Department will be focusing on impaired driving. On December 9th, the department will host a multi-agency sobriety checkpoint on the 41A bypass near Gatlin Drive from 11PM to 2AM. The same night we will conduct an impaired driving saturation patrol throughout the City of Clarksville.
Additional City-wide impaired driving saturation patrols will be conducted on December 16th, 17th, 30th and 31st. During the month of December motorist can expect to see more officers and more stops occurring for traffic violations in the Clarksville area. We are encouraging everyone to drive sober, wear their seatbelts and to obey all traffic laws in order to help reduce traffic crashes. Extra officers will be on the roads several dates during the month.
These efforts are partially funded by the Governor’s Highway Safety Office and are in conjunction with ongoing efforts to reduce DUI related crashes throughout the State of Tennessee.
Sgt. Vincent Lewis
Traffic Enforcement Unit/Fatal Crash Investigations Clarksville Police Department
(931)648-0656 ext 7071
(931)320-0767 Cell
Vlewis@clarksvillepd.org

December 2, 2011 – Traffic Safety – Heat is on Holiday Crackdown Continues through Jan. 2nd.
Denver, CO (December 02, 2011) – Heavy DUI enforcement in Colorado over Thanksgiving week netted 435 drivers suspected of drinking and driving. The arrest numbers are up this holiday season, compared with the same time period last year when 363 drivers were arrested for DUI. According to preliminary reports, there were five people killed in crashes in the state over the Thanksgiving weekend and four of the fatalities involved suspected drunk drivers.
“It’s unfortunate anytime we have traffic fatalities, but it is especially hard to see during the holiday season,” said Col. James Wolfinbarger, Chief of the Colorado State Patrol. “Plan ahead now for your holiday office parties and family gatherings — Designate a sober driver, take public transportation or call a cab. Don’t make the mistake these 435 drivers made over Thanksgiving. Be responsible and find a safe ride home. And always remember to wear your seat belt.”
The special holiday Heat is On enforcement continues with 76 law enforcement agencies and the Colorado State Patrol planning increased DUI patrols, saturation patrols and other targeted enforcement efforts through Jan. 2, 2012.
Last year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, 1,556 people were arrested for DUI and 18 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes.
Colorado drivers can find tips on how to plan a safe and sober holiday party, find overnight parking locations and public transportation options by visiting www.PlanAheadColorado.com. CDOT has also launched a new Facebook page (facebook.com/ColoradoDOT) with an interactive game featuring an office holiday party with Santa’s elves. Facebook users can actually become the Designated Driver elf in the game. As an incentive, everyone who plays the interactive Elf Game will be entered to win free ski lift tickets to Arapahoe Basin. Two tickets will be given away each week. ….MORE
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From NBC4 Chicago
A man from the Far South Side has been charged with DUI and other traffic offenses following a crash in the West Town neighborhood that sent four people — two of them in serious to critical condition — to hospitals early Saturday.
Richard Almanza, 27, was driving a 2004 Pontiac west on Chicago Avenue ….MORE

From NewsOn6.com
All Mark McSherry saw were headlights coming toward his Jeep.
“Tried to turn away from us, we turned away from them. Then all of a sudden they changed their mind and turned toward us,” McSherry said.
McSherry, his wife and three children were driving south on Cincinnati when troopers say Nicholas Mancino hit their car head-on. Troopers arrested Mancino for driving drunk.
A TLC photographer caught it all on camera for a series called “DUI.” The show shadows Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers.
“Looking for any kind of behavior that’s outside of the norm,” OHP Trooper Chris West said.
As they pull over drunk and high drivers, OHP says producers chose Oklahoma for the show because the state takes DUI’s seriously. …MORE

From Seattle PI
If a state representative has his way, penalties for drunks on the road will be a lot tougher.
State Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, wants tougher penalties for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. He’s also working on a proposal that would require a drunken driver who kills or severely injures a parents to pay child support for the victim’s kids.
“Incarceration is not proven to deter drunk driving, but nevertheless offenders are getting out too soon,” said Goodman, who is a candidate to replace U.S. Rep Jay Inslee, who is running for governor. ….MORE