http://www.totaldui.com/blog The #1 Stop for DUI News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:41:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aldon Smith, a rookie linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, was charged late last week with driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a report from the New York Daily News. The arrest occurred in Miami Beach, a favorite hangout of professional athletes and people who like to encounter professional ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/star-nfl-rookie-aldon-smith-charged-with-drunk-driving/ Lawmakers in Georgia have proposed a bill that would allow defendants to have their DUI arrests expunged from their records after five years of good behavior. The proposal, not surprisingly, has garnered plenty of criticism in the state, particularly from the local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, according to a ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/proposed-law-would-expunge-dui-arrests-after-5-years/ Experts often advise inebriated people to take public transportation rather than risk getting a DUI by driving home, but the worst possible choice is to try to combine driving and public transportation. This dangerous mixture, however, recently occurred in San Francisco when an alleged drunk driver steered his SUV into the ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/alleged-dui-driver-steers-into-busy-train-tunnel/ A Brazilian race car driver was recently arrested for a DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide after allegedly causing an accident that killed a pedestrian in Miami Beach last week, according to a report from NBC Miami. The South American race car driver, 20-year-old Joao Paulo Escudero Mauro, made his first appearance ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/race-car-driver-arrested-for-dui-manslaughter-in-miami/ There is no proper dress code for a DUI arrest, but potential drunk drivers should know that wearing nothing but underwear and socks could complicate an already difficult evening on the road. According to a recent, tongue-in-cheek, report from the Chicago Tribune, an Illinois man wearing very little clothing (on a ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/man-clad-in-underwear-and-socks-arrested-for-a-dui/ Against her wishes, former Miss USA Rima Fakih will have to soon face trial for her alleged DUI after a Michigan judge refused to give the beauty queen more time to prepare her defense, according to a report from The Detroit News. District Judge Brigette Officer told Fakih that legal proceedings ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/miss-usa-2010-will-face-trial-in-dui-case/ The results of a recent study suggest that man are almost three times more likely than woman to be arrested for driving drunk, a finding that is sure to spur plenty of debate between the opposite sexes. According to a report from KIVI-TV in Boise, Idaho, which cited evidence offered on ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/study-says-men-at-much-higher-risk-for-drunk-driving/ A routine DUI traffic stop in northern California ended in a bloody melee, as a man trying to escape a DUI arrest was gunned down by police after he reached for his own weapon, according to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Sources indicate that the 42-year-old driver, whose ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/gunman-killed-during-routine-dui-stop/ The tragic death of a pedestrian due to a DUI accident hit a Florida community hard last week, but the bizarre survival of the walker’s dog offered a unique story of its own. A man who was kayaking in the Gulf of Mexico discovered the pedestrian’s injured dog struggling to swim ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/dog-escapes-fatal-dui-accident-by-leaping-into-ocean/ In a typical DUI case, the suspect is apprehended by police officers who are wearing uniforms, or are otherwise obviously licensed police. Rarely are people suspected of DUIs arrested by civilians. A recent incident, however, in Bassett, California illustrated what happens when good Samaritans take the law into their own hands. According ... http://www.totaldui.com/blog/alleged-dui-driver-detained-by-citizens-arrest/