Last summer, four teenage boys and one teenage girl were returning home from a party in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The girl was not driving — at least not at first. After making two stops, at each of which two boys were dropped off, the girl was the lone person left to drive herself home. Unfortunately she…
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently recommended that states lower the blood-alcohol content (BAC) that constitutes drunk driving from .08 to .05. The BAC measures the percentage of alcohol, by volume, in the blood. Currently, all 50 states use .08 as the legal limit, above which a driver is subject to arrest and prosecution.…
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The Herndon Patch reports that the Town of Herndon Police Department will be conducting drivers’ checkpoints on weekends during this busy holiday season. What are they looking for? Drunk Drivers. The Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU has tried cases against impaired drivers. Injury lawyer Doug Landau prosecuted drunk and stoned drivers as part of his…
Continue readingSome reckless drivers and alcoholics who cause injury and mayhem on our roads are also cowards. They are afraid to face their “day in court,” and either flee the jurisdiction or do not appear at any of the criminal or civil proceedings in connection with their wrongful conduct. In some personal injury car crash cases,…
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