Intoxicated driving is a regular topic of this blog. We have discussed it from just about every point of view – but today’s topic is a different take on drunk driving than we have ever considered before. A local mother lost her daughter to a drunk driver two years ago – and another youth was [...]
The Baumgartner law firm is proud to sponsor the website–stopTexasdrunkdriving.com. The intention of the website is to raise awareness of the problems that Texas families face in battling drunk driving accidents. It was not many years ago that many prominent political leaders fought hard to keep open containers legal on Texas highways. We have come [...]
Regular readers of this blog probably realize that I often present information on ‘all-things driving-related’ that have been considered by research groups (university and other) around the country. Such is the case of a recent study conducted by the University of Florida College of Medicine concerning the drinking habits of parents and its impact on [...]
Most people think that driving under the influence refers only to alcohol intoxication. In fact, impaired drivers with legal and illegal substances in their blood stream are also considered to be driving under the influence as well. There are millions of over-the-counter and prescription medications taken each year by Americans young and old. Some of [...]
Drinking and driving accounts for nearly 40% of all traffic fatalities in the United States annually. In terms of figures – that adds up to nearly 17,000 men, women and children – the size of a small suburb in the Houston area. In addition, thousands of people suffer varying degrees of injury from the temporary [...]
A Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable was injured in a car accident a few days ago. Reports indicate that the officer was in her squad car with her lights flashing when a suspected drunk driver struck her car from the rear. It was a major impact and the female officer was rushed to the [...]
Historically it is been very difficult to strengthen drunken driving laws in Texas. It was not that long ago that “open containers” were perfectly legal in Texas. In this legislative session such things as sobriety checkpoints and ignition locks have been under consideration but have yet to make it to the floor. Nevertheless, Texas has [...]
If a person were to walk into a youth oriented meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, they would be shocked to find that seventy percent of the room’s attendees are under the age of eighteen, and many are court appointed by a judge’s order to attend AA for the duration of their probation. What is even more [...]
Recently, officers in the Woodlands were dispatched to investigate an intoxicated driver. Reports indicate that the vehicle was swerving into oncoming traffic as well as running over curbs. Finally, an officer got the vehicle to stop and actually had to break a window to get the driver out of the vehicle, according to reports. Further [...]
Drunk drivers account for a little less than half of all motor vehicle fatalities annually in this country – a number that is a crime in itself when one takes into account that literally billions of dollars are poured into preventing just this type of incident – the Houston drunk driving accident-with little effect it [...]
