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More draconian Utah DUI proposal sparks debate

Last updated Monday, May 20, 2013 - 6:08am

A recommendation last week from the National Transportation Safety Board to state policy makers to lower the blood alcohol content level for DUI arrests from .08 to .05 has drawn mixed reactions in the Top of Utah.

Ogden Police Lt. Kevin Cottrell is in favor of Utah legislators enacting such a measure, saying anything that gives law enforcement better footing in the fight against impaired driving is a positive for the community.

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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Deborah Hersman speaks during a news conference in Washington. Federal accident investigators were weighing a recommendation Tuesday that states reduce their threshold for drunken driving from the current .08 blood alcohol content to .05, a standard that has been shown to substantially reduce highway deaths in other countries. Hersman said. “Alcohol-impaired deaths are not accidents, they are crimes. They can and should be prevented. The tools exist. What is needed is the will.” (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

Safety board wants .05 drunken-driving limit for all states

Angela Greiling Keane Bloomberg News

Last updated Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 11:40am

WASHINGTON — States should lower the definition of drunken driving to a blood-alcohol reading of no more than .05 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday, saying the United States is too tolerant of impairment behind the wheel.

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Hildale driver in crash that killed 5 was drunk

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 11:49am

KINGMAN, Ariz. -- Authorities say a 22-year-old Hildale, Utah, man was driving drunk when his SUV crashed in a remote part of northern Arizona in March, killing the driver and 4 teens.

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Davis Youth Summit changes hearts, attitudes

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 7:13pm

LAYTON — “If one person goes out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction.”

These words by Rachel Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School disaster, were the theme for the seventh annual Davis Youth Summit held Saturday at Northridge High School.

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Bountiful woman facing multiple DUIs

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 6, 2012 - 10:18am

CLEARFIELD -- A 50-year-old Bountiful woman faces a second DUI charge after crashing a car into a light pole, driving on and then hitting a fire hydrant. The incident occurred the night before she was to appear in court for a sentencing hearing on another DUI guilty plea.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) A Smart Start ignition interrupt device, or IID, is seen in a customer’s car Thursday. The device allows the vehicle to start only after the operator blows into it and the system verifies that no alcohol is in the operator’s system.

The drive to stop DUIs a technological fight

Gentry Reinhart Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 5:04pm

OGDEN — In 1995, the son-in-law of Goodyear TAS Tire & Auto owner John Savage was killed by a drunken driver, so for the last six years, Savage has helped reduce the risk of that happening to other families by installing more than 500 Smart Start units in the vehicles of people convicted of driving while intoxicated.

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Perry officer accused of bribery attempt over friend's drunken driving arrest

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 8:18am

OGDEN -- A part-time Perry police officer is accused of trying to bribe a Utah Highway Patrol trooper after his friend was arrested in August for driving drunk.

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Davis group plans survey on DUI problem

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 12:15am

LAYTON -- Davis HELPS plans to address the growing problem of alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes by conducting an online survey to collect opinions about drinking and driving.

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Checkpoint in NSL set for drunken drivers

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, August 26, 2011 - 11:28pm

NORTH SALT LAKE -- The North Salt Lake Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday as part of its ongoing initiative to remove impaired drivers from city roadways.

The police department has made it a top priority to reduce impaired driving incidents, according to a news release. The location of the checkpoint will be 500 E. 1100 North, a location selected due to heavy traffic volume entering North Salt Lake. The checkpoint will begin during the evening Friday and continue until the early morning hours of Sept. 3.

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Robin Hietala, who has lupus, poses for a portrait with her friend, Paige Hensley, at Hensley’s home in West Point. In an effort to help others who live with the autoimmune disease, Hietala and Hensley are organizing a nonprofit organization and a support group.

Despite setbacks, woman with lupus works to support others

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 1:50am

WEST POINT -- Robin Alderin-Hietala has endured more trials in her 44 years than most people endure in a lifetime.

The West Point woman has survived breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and an accident that landed her in the hospital for three months after being hit by a drunken driver. Now she's battling lupus, an autoimmune disease that has claimed one of her kidneys and keeps her in bed for days at a time.

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Repeat drunk driver arrested again in Orem

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 10:22am

OREM -- Police say a 27-year-old Springville man is facing his seventh drunk driving charge in 10 years after his arrest in a car that weaved all over the road in Orem.

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Christina Aguilera arrested on public-drunkenness charge

Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 2:40pm

LOS ANGELES -- Singer Christina Aguilera was arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on suspicion of public drunkenness early Tuesday morning, officials said.

Aguilera, 30, was booked on a single count of public drunkenness at the West Hollywood sheriff's station.

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Lawmaker: Go easier on teen DUIs

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, February 7, 2011 - 11:39pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A local lawmaker wants to give teenagers who are arrested for driving under the influence a chance to regain their driver's license.

Utah's law, which has been in effect since July 2009, means a minor who has any measurable amount of alcohol in his or her system will lose their license for 120 days or until they're 21 years old, whichever is longer.

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Cache County using state grants to enforce DUIs

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 11:32am

LOGAN -- Authorities in Cache County say they are using extra money from the state to have officers work extra hours enforcing seat belt and driving under the influence laws.

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