It has been more than a year since Carol Ann Sacca drove her Toyota the wrong way on Loop 101 in Phoenix, striking an oncoming motorcyclist. The driver of the motorcycle was killed in the crash, which also caused a third driver to crash while attempting to avoid the collision. Both Sacca and the third […]
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Law enforcement agencies were on the lookout for drunk drivers throughout the State of Arizona this past Labor Day weekend. Labor Day has traditionally defined the worst in drunk driving in Arizona. In 2011, for example, there were eleven fatalities on the state’s roadways during the three day period. The 2012 crackdown saw 11,000 traffic
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A “back-to-school” campaign by Tempe police has begun. The initial efforts are focused on issuing warnings to students at Arizona State University that drunk driving will not be tolerated. Since the legal drinking age in Arizona is 21, it means that many, if not most, of the students at ASU (and other colleges and universities
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We’ve alerted our readers to the fact that field sobriety tests (FST’s), which are the coordination and related tests often administered at the scene of suspected DUI incidents, are based upon the subjective interpretation of police officers. And a recent case in Surprise, AZ confirms that those interpretations can be way off base, and might
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