DWI Hit Parade!

Idaho Press-Statesman
Shawn Marti’s death at hands of drunken driver in 2003 motivates Angela Boyle to volunteer on victim panel
CANYON COUNTY — Shawn Marti displayed a gift for music and studied psychology at Boise State because he wanted to help people live better lives.
That was before a drunken driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 84 in Caldwell smashed head on into Marti’s car, instantly killing him and his 5-month-old daughter, Sage, and severely injuring his wife Natalie.
The tragedy that happened Feb. 27, 2003, forever changed the life of many people, including Marti’s sister Angela Boyle of Nampa. Boyle has told the story of her personal loss at high schools, colleges and drivers education classes in an attempt to make people realize the potential consequences of driving drunk. She also runs the Canyon County Mothers Against Drunk Driving victims panel where loved ones of victims of drunken driving accidents tell DUI offenders about the horrors that can come from their actions.
“Sometimes we have to live with other people’s choices, not just our own,” Boyle, a 37-year-old mother of four, said.  ….MORE

From Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON — In 2008, 163 individuals died in Minnesota as a direct result of alcohol-related crashes. More than 43,000 individuals in the state were arrested for driving while impaired (DWI), and of those, more than 1,000 had 10 or more DWIs on their driving record.
Locally, Worthington Police Officer Darin Vossen is looking for drunk driving victims, their families or people who have been charged with drunk driving to tell their stories. He is seeking speakers — anyone who had been affected by a death or significant injury due to drunk driving — for a victim impact panel. ….MORE

From NorthJersey.com:
WAYNE – The Wayne Police Department is recognizing two of its members for a job well done in keeping township roadways safe from drunk drivers with the 2010 Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) award. Officers Rob Sova and Mike Polifrone prevailed as winners totaling six driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrests a piece. Sova is a two year veteran on the force while Polifrone has five years under his belt, having started at the Essex County Sheriff’s Department seven months prior to Wayne Police making the call.  MORE

Welcome to the first national registry of DWI / DUI arrests. 
Our introductory offer of a FREE COFFIN!
Are you tired of all the nagging from your spouse, from cops, judges, MADD and other busy-bodies? 
Are you fed up with all the jazz about designated drivers and want to go out in a blaze of glory? 
Have you failed to line up your final expenses and plan on simply, as usual, shifting the responsibility for your reckless lifestyle to your family and making them pay for your funeral? 
HERE IS GREAT NEWS! 
Follow the rules of this offer and you could win a FREE COFFIN!
This registry has been published to provide easier access to the incidents of alleged drunk drivers in all 50 states.  Insurance investigators, lawyers representing the victims of drunk drivers, police, security clearance, employers, spouses and others interested in what really happened in Vegas are invited to scan these listings for useful information.

To avoid becoming a person listed on this registry, simply call a cab instead of driving drunk.  A cab will usually cost $25 or less and is a lot cheaper than paying for DWI attorneys, increased insurance premiums, and time lost from work for court, attending alcohol counselling sessions and listening to nagging from those who learn of your arrest.  A special offer of a free coffin will be made available to the person with the most DWI arrests in America during the 2011 Christmas Party Season…check back for updates on this special and final offer. 
Offer will be awarded upon expiration of the winner as long as the drunk driver kills only himself or herself and no one else. 
In order to not win this prize — call a cab instead of driving after drinking!
See the list of nominees selected thus far in 2011 by clicking on the category “Nominees for Free Coffin Award”  None of them are dead yet, but you can bet they’ll keep trying to get there!
Those interested in ordering an actual wooden coffin which can be used as a bookcase before its final use, can order from The Old Pine Box, from which we purloined the art for this offer.