Saturday, December 20, 2008
San Diego DUI news for citizens of California
San Diego DUI criminal defense lawyers at www.SanDiegoDUIlawyer.com/about and San Diego DUI criminal defense attorneys at www.SanDiegoDUIhelp.com/survey announce that the holiday season, with its celebrations, parties, shopping and traveling to friends and family, puts more motorists in harm’s way of more potential impaired drivers.
On Friday night, the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s station joined law enforcement across the state as part of California Holiday DUI Crackdown Campaign, as well as encouraging the public to call 911 to report suspected drunk drivers. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2007 marked the first year since 1998 in which alcohol-related fatalities declined in California, dropping 8/3 percent.
“California has worked very hard of the past five years to reverse the trend of increasing alcohol-related traffic fatalities,” said OTS Director Christopher Murphy. “Through an aggressive combination of various anti-DUI operations, including sobriety checkpoints, together with the public calling 911 when they see a drunk driver, we’re getting these dangerous drivers off the road.”
All too often, local residents are senselessly injured or killed on the roadway by impaired drivers. DUI/Drivers License checkpoints attempt to reduce the tragedies, as well as insure that drivers have a valid license.
The public is also encouraged to call 911 to report drunk drivers and be ready to describe the vehicle, its location and direction of travel. The following clue can mayb help motorists detect a drunk driver:
Weaving/swerving in and out of the lane
Weaving noticeably within the lane
Traveling at speeds much slower than the flow of traffic
Braking erratically or stopping in the lane
Sudden stops for signal lights and slow start once they change
Remaining at the signal lights once they turn green – asleep at the wheel
Making wide turns and/or cutting the corner, striking the curb
Headlights off at night or on high beams
Driving with the turn signals on
Straddling the center line of the road or lane lines
Driver looks intoxicated, staring straight ahead, face close to the windshield, appearing to be quite sleepy
Aggressive driving – speed, tailgating and multiple lane changes or unsafe passing may also be telltale signs of intoxication.
But many of clues are also signs of sobriety, as drivers may have other things going on!
San Diego California Criminal Defense Attorney Rick Mueller recently spoke at the California Attorneys For Criminal Justice annual DUI seminar in Rancho Mirage, California: http://www.cacj.org/Events/forms/DUI%20Brochure%20Final.pdf . The California criminal defense lawyers who attended informed the President of the California DUI Lawyers Association that San Diego California DUI criminal defense attorney Rick Mueller was impressive.
On Friday night, the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s station joined law enforcement across the state as part of California Holiday DUI Crackdown Campaign, as well as encouraging the public to call 911 to report suspected drunk drivers. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2007 marked the first year since 1998 in which alcohol-related fatalities declined in California, dropping 8/3 percent.
“California has worked very hard of the past five years to reverse the trend of increasing alcohol-related traffic fatalities,” said OTS Director Christopher Murphy. “Through an aggressive combination of various anti-DUI operations, including sobriety checkpoints, together with the public calling 911 when they see a drunk driver, we’re getting these dangerous drivers off the road.”
All too often, local residents are senselessly injured or killed on the roadway by impaired drivers. DUI/Drivers License checkpoints attempt to reduce the tragedies, as well as insure that drivers have a valid license.
The public is also encouraged to call 911 to report drunk drivers and be ready to describe the vehicle, its location and direction of travel. The following clue can mayb help motorists detect a drunk driver:
Weaving/swerving in and out of the lane
Weaving noticeably within the lane
Traveling at speeds much slower than the flow of traffic
Braking erratically or stopping in the lane
Sudden stops for signal lights and slow start once they change
Remaining at the signal lights once they turn green – asleep at the wheel
Making wide turns and/or cutting the corner, striking the curb
Headlights off at night or on high beams
Driving with the turn signals on
Straddling the center line of the road or lane lines
Driver looks intoxicated, staring straight ahead, face close to the windshield, appearing to be quite sleepy
Aggressive driving – speed, tailgating and multiple lane changes or unsafe passing may also be telltale signs of intoxication.
But many of clues are also signs of sobriety, as drivers may have other things going on!
San Diego California Criminal Defense Attorney Rick Mueller recently spoke at the California Attorneys For Criminal Justice annual DUI seminar in Rancho Mirage, California: http://www.cacj.org/Events/forms/DUI%20Brochure%20Final.pdf . The California criminal defense lawyers who attended informed the President of the California DUI Lawyers Association that San Diego California DUI criminal defense attorney Rick Mueller was impressive.
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 1:43 PM 
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