STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

If you’ve noticed an unusual number of DUI checkpoints lately, it’s not your imagination. The rate of drunk driving tends to spike this time of year due to all the alcohol available at holiday festivities. Therefore, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and law enforcement agencies across Tennessee are upping their game with an increased DUI

There’s good news and bad news in Tennessee when it comes to drunk-driving crashes. According to the Tennessee Highway Safety office, there have been fewer such crashes this year (5,171) than this time last year (5,327). And, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, there have been fewer DUI arrests over the past few years, even

The Tennessee Highway Safety Office is partnering with the highway patrol and local police departments throughout the state for a campaign to reduce impaired driving over the holiday season. The agencies plan additional DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols during the entire holiday season. The campaign, which extends from Dec. 11 through Jan. 1, is centered around

When people think about drinking and driving, they often assume it mostly happens on special occasions like New Year’s Eve. There’s some truth to that, but it’s important to recognize that the “high season” for drunk driving runs from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. It’s not that people are more lenient towards drinking and driving

Every year, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issue campaigns to fight holiday drunk driving. The DOT also releases funds to be used for extra law enforcement on holiday weekends, including Thanksgiving, when drunk driving is common. You should expect extra DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols this week.

Halloween is the single most dangerous day of the year for child pedestrians. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a child is twice as likely to be hit by a motor vehicle on Halloween than on any other day. Part of this is simply because they’re children, and they’ll be out trick-or-treating.

The legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes has revealed a serious issue in DUI enforcement. In the past, when marijuana was illegal throughout the United States, jurisdictions generally had zero tolerance laws for THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis. That meant that being caught driving with any detectible amount of THC in your

Recently, a Wisconsin man lost his appeal on a fourth-offense DUI in that state. The reason he had appealed was unusual: he had been operating a riding lawn mower when police pulled him over. He wasn’t mowing his lawn when he was pulled over in 2017 — he was using the lawn mower as transportation

If you’re going to be drinking, it’s crucially important to have a plan before you drink for how you’re going to get home. As we all know, alcohol affects your judgment. That means that any plan you come up with after you have been drinking may not be a good one. A lot of well-meaning

After the recent story of a Soddy-Daisy man who was arrested for drunken horseback riding, many people have wondered if you can get a DUI when riding a horse. Some states’ drunk driving laws encompass all sorts of vehicles, and some people have been arrested for horseback riding while under the influence. However, in Tennessee,