Minnesota bars may soon be serving into the wee hours of the morning if some legislators get their way. Minnesota legislators are expected to hear a proposal on Wednesday that would shift the state’s bar closing time from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. The move comes on the heels of an initial proposal that will allow permit-holding […]
Super Bowl DUIs Increase In 2017
The Super Bowl was one for the ages, and there’s a possibility that the overtime thriller led to more cocktails being consumed by viewers, because DUIs after the game increased this year compared to 2016. According to the report, the Minnesota State Patrol arrested 142 impaired drivers for DUI between Sunday and early Monday morning. That’s […]
Is There A Way To Prevent Wrong Way Drunk Driving?
Drunk driving endangers everyone on the road, not just the person behind the wheel, but that sentiment rings even truer when an inebriated driver ends up driving in the wrong direction. When this happens, fatal crashes are even more likely to occur because the force of the collision is much greater. So aside from stepping […]
Ignition Interlock Devices Reduce Fatal Car Crashes
All 50 states in the U.S. have had some form of ignition interlock law on the books since at least 1993, and new research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests they’ve helped save countless lives. According to AJPM, mandatory laws that require every person convicted of a DUI to use an interlock […]
DUIs Down During Holiday Drunk Driving Enforcement
The preliminary numbers from Minnesota’s enhanced DUI enforcement have been released, and although the number of people arrested for drunk driving is high, the total number represents a decline from last year. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety, police officers arrested 2,407 drivers for driving while intoxicated during the […]
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