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'Tis the season for holiday DUIs. The Washington State Patrol announced that they plan to step up DUI patrols every night from Thanksgiving through the New Year, reports Q13 Fox. So if you plan on celebrating the holiday season with a drink or two, it is important that you plan in advance for a d...

The headline shouldn't be that surprising. Since Washington lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana use last year, more drivers tested positive for the drug, reports My Northwest. According to the Washington State Patrol, in the first six months of 2013, 745 people tested positive for marijua...

The headline may be alarming, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) may be calling for an ignition interlock-like device in every car. In 2012, US highway deaths have increased for the first time since 2005, reports The Verge. This has led the NHTSA to call for research ...

Mark Mullan was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a fatal DUI crash that killed two and seriously injured two other members of the same family, reports Q13 Fox. The accident happened earlier this year in the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle. Mullan who has several DUI convictions in his past d...

Ryan Quaale is a four-time felon that was previously involved in a car crash that killed a two-year-old. The 38-year-old was on trial again recently for an unrelated DUI charge that resulted in a police car chase. Due to some improper questioning at Quaale's trial of a Washington State Patrol Tro...

Washington lawmakers have already indicated that they will seek to toughen up state DUI laws by seeking to legalize DUI checkpoints next year. DUI checkpoints (also known as sobriety checkpoints) are essentially police roadblocks in certain areas where authorities will check every driver for sig...

Seattle Seahawks star running back Marshawn Lynch is currently battling a DUI charge in California. Lynch had made motions to suppress evidence and dismiss the case. However, a California judge denied both motions last week, reports The Olympian. So the jury trial for Lynch's DUI is still schedu...

A Delaware judge acquitted long-time ABC news anchor Sam Donaldson of his drunk driving charge, reports Delaware Online. The judge ruled that the police did not have probable cause in arresting the 79-year-old Donaldson. Given his age, Donaldson argued that police had him perform field sobriety ...

Representative Roger Goodman of Kirkland is continuing his push for sobriety checkpoints, reports MyNorthwest. After spearheading this year's push to strengthen Washington DUI laws, it appears that Goodman has set his sights to 2014 to further push his agenda. Goodman believes that despite alrea...

A Port Orchard man was arrested for his 13th DUI this week. The Washington State Patrol arrested Charles Sorensen for suspected drunk driving on Wednesday night, reports KOMO News. Sorensen allegedly drove his car into a ditch following a car chase with troopers. After he was stopped, it was dis...

A two-car collision in the North Central Washington city of Oroville allegedly involved two suspected drunk drivers, reports KOMO News. In the accident, six people were injured including a pedestrian that pushed another pedestrian to safety when one of the cars careened out of control. Authoriti...

If you have been charged with drunk driving, you will have an opportunity to plead guilty or not guilty to the crime. Prior to making the plea, you will want to talk to a Seattle DUI defense attorney to review your case. Generally, there are three reasons you may want to make a not guilty plea: ...

Illinois police arrested a man who was passed out in his running car. When police woke the driver up and asked him if he knew where he was, the driver responded by saying "Seattle, Washington," reports the Oak Forest Patch. The police received a report of a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot sh...

Earlier this year, Matthew Cordle went "viral" on YouTube when he admitted to being drunk in a fatal wrong-way crash in Ohio. This week, a judge sentenced Cordle to six and a half years in prison. Cordle had faced up to eight and a half years, reports CNN. The 22-year-old Ohio man had pleaded gu...

A dump truck driver was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving after causing an accident in Kent, reports the Kent Reporter. The accident occurred on Highway 18 as the driver veered his dump truck and trailer off the highway into Jenkins Creek. The accident occurred shortly after noon, and the ...

The Washington State Patrol announced that it will conduct a pre-Halloween emphasis patrol in the King County Metro Zone, reports City Living Seattle. The emphasis patrol will run from Wednesday, October 23 through Saturday, October 26. This patrol will cover the busy weekend of Halloween partie...

Police say that a suspected drunk driver may be responsible for driving his car through the front door of a home in Renton, reports KOMO News. A woman in the basement of her home called 911 to report that a car rammed into her home. The car apparently crashed through the front door and trapped t...

Just weeks after a new DUI law went into effect, Washington lawmakers are already pushing for tougher drunk driving laws. Representative Roger Goodman, one of the primary backers of the new DUI law passed this year, reportedly stated that he hoped to have another DUI bill ready for the upcoming ...

Last year, opponents of liquor privatization feared that increased accessibility to liquor would lead to a dramatic increase in drunk driving in Washington State. However, after more than a year of liquor privatization, Washington State Patrol statistics indicate that not only did drunk driving r...

Washington state already has some of the toughest DUI laws in the country. However, there are still many ideas that can further strengthen existing laws. Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that states lower the legal limit to drink and drive to 0.05 percent blo...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends lowering the legal limit to drink and drive from 0.08 to 0.05 percent, reports Huffington Post. If adopted, this new level would match the legal limit to drink and drive in countries that have dramatically cut their numbers of DUIs. For ...

In Washington, there is a legal presumption that you are driving drunk if you have a blood alcohol level about 0.08 percent. Oftentimes, authorities will try to prove that you are above this legal level by administering a Breathalyzer test. However, you should know that Breathalyzer tests are no...

Private companies are supposed to supervise DUI offenders across Washington state that are sentenced to home detention instead of jail. However, there is questionable oversight over these private companies, reports The Seattle Times. Electronic home detention is an attractive solution for many o...

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving in Ohio earlier this week, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. When asked why he couldn't walk a straight line, Kosar offered a unique defense:  Kosar blamed his former Browns' offensive line. The 49...