Distracted driving plays a role in more than one in four car accidents, so it’s no surprise that Minnesota has banned some distracting features, like texting while driving, which was banned back in 2008. However, the state is considering taking the law one step further and banning all cell phone use while driving, unless the […]
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 […]
Minnesota Considering Criminalizing Peaceful Protests
Over the weekend we witnessed more than a million protesters across the country peacefully voice their concerns over the current social and political climate in America. Hundreds of thousands of women flocked to Washington D.C. to have their voices heard, and roughly 100,000 people participated in a demonstration here in St. Paul. Reports suggest that these […]
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