Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends reducing the limit. Some say it would save lives. Others say it's unreasonable.
One drink could be the standard for drunken driving – at least for some people if the National Transportation Safety Board has its way. On Tuesday, the NTSB recommended states lower the blood-alcohol threshold for driving under the influence from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent. What do you think? Is this a reasonable proposal? According to a 2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving report, the latest available data shows New Jersey ranked 31st out of 51 states (including the District of Columbia) in drunken driving injuries and deaths. That year, there were 193 DUI fatalities, MADD said. About 10,000 deaths nationwide a year are related to drunken driving. The NTSB says the lower limit would save 500 to 800 lives a year. Officials at the American …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Police responded to call of woman slumped over her steering wheel to find her allegedly intoxicated.
After responding to a call of an unconscious woman in a car at Dunkin Donuts in Butler Tuesday, police said they determined the woman slumped over her steering wheel was drunk. Theresa Blair, 50, of Bloomingdale, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving and issued a summons for failure to change her address, according to Butler police Capt. Ciro Chimento. Chimento said officers arrived at the parking lot of the Main Street coffee shop around 7:30 p.m. after a caller reported Blair to appear unconscious in a black Ford Mustang. Sgt. Scott Ricker, Ptl. Jorge Reyes and Ptl. George Beyloune investigated and found her vehicle to be running while Blair was in an unresponsive state, Chimento said. The officers …
Monday, February 18, 2013
Kinnelon woman's blood alcohol concentration was nearly three times the legal limit, according to police report.
A Kinnelon woman was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after police said she was driving erratically on Route 23 Thursday, concerning other drivers, and had her clothing on inside out and backwards when her vehicle was stopped. Petrina Horvath, 46, had a blood alcohol concentration of .21 percent when she was arrested and also charged with failure to maintain a lane, reckless driving and operating with a fractured windshield, according to Butler police Capt. Ciro Chimento. Chimento said police received a call at 11:14 p.m. from another concerned motorist about Horvath's driving. Sgt. Keith Soules, Ptl. Jarred Schmiedhauser and Ptl. Dimitri Clarke responded to find Horvath driving a gray Jeep Commander "in an erratic …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
The police found her car crashed with the airbags deployed, but the driver had fled the scene.
A Dover woman was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when she drove the wrong way on Interstate 287, crashed her vehicle in Parsippany and fled the scene before being apprehended early Sunday morning, State Police said. Natasha Salazar, 19, was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, failure to report an accident, possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle, obstructing the passage of other motor vehicles, willful abandonment and other lesser motor vehicle offenses, according to State Trooper Christopher Kay, of the Netcong barracks. According to Kay, troopers received a call after midnight that a car was traveling north on the southbound lanes of Interstate 287. The troopers found the car …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Butler Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
A 50-year-old Sussex man was arrested on DUI charges in Butler Thursday after police said he was allegedly seen driving in an erratic manner on Route 23 at about 1 a.m. Michael A. Evans was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving, failure to maintain a lane, operating with an obstructed view, operating with unlawfully tinted windows and failure to wear a seatbelt. Police responded after receiving a 9-1-1 call and Sgt. Keith Soules observed the alleged erratic driving before pulling over the vehicle. Police said the vehicle was stopped and while talking to Evans, Soules allegedly detected a strong odor of alcohol on Evans’ breath. Evans was given a series of field sobriety tests, which police said he failed, …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Two hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
An Ogdensburg man was arrested on DUI charges in Butler Monday after police said the vehicle he was driving collided with a utility poll at about 8:45 p.m. on Kakeout Road. He and a 20-year-old female passenger, whose name was not released, sustained non-life threatening injuries to their heads and were transported to Morristown Trauma Center. Thomas M. Curtain, 23, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving and failure to maintain a lane. Police said they received a report of the single-car accident and responded to the scene. Curtain had allegedly crossed over the double yellow line and collided with the pole. Alcohol was detected on Curtain’s breath, police said. Curtain was released to hospital officials …
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
KAMELOT and Kinnelon Police Department work together to bring driving simulator to high school.
Clear, sunny skies, flat terrain. Mitch is experiencing the perfect driving weather. But all of a sudden, a speeding blue car zips into his lane, driving towards him head-on. Crash! The car collides into Mitch's...and the exercise is over. If this were real life, perhaps Mitch, a Kinnelon High School sophomore, would be dead or at least seriously injured. But it is simulated exercises like the one Mitch was able to test in a Pennsylvania DUI RV in the parking lot of the high school Tuesday that help prepare young drivers for obstacles they were not even aware of. The simulator was brought to the high school for two days on Tuesday and Wednesday by the Kinnelon High School Home and School Association, KAMELOT and the Kinnelon Police …
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5:10 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
Chris thats why an officers opinion is formed on the road with coordination tests before the subject comes in for a breath test., one other question where do you get ampoules for your machine? more ›