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Drunken Driving

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

How Many Drinks Will Get You A DUI? (Chart)

If you insist on driving after a few drinks, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system and your criminal record.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Megan Rozsa
  • Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation?  This year in Highland Township and White Lake, there have been some notable car accidents caused by drunken driving, and several other people pulled over while driving drunk. As we head into the holiday season, Patch wants you to know when enough is enough. When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Michigan's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of …

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Brooke Tajer

11:12 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Good catch, that should say Michigan. I'm not sure on variations, I think most are .08.   more ›

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Man Pulled Over for Drunken Driving With Girl, 13, In Car

The following information was supplied by White Lake Township Police. Arrests and charges do not indicate convictions.

A 33-year-old man from Ortonville was pulled over Nov. 11 at 3 a.m. driving a car that was reported stolen near Pontiac Lake Road and M-59, White Lake Police officials said. According to the report, while officers had the man pulled over they noticed a heavy smell of intoxicants. The man was given field sobriety tests and failed, the report states. A preliminary breath test was given, and the man registered at .15 blood alcohol level. The legal limit is .08. The man was arrested at the scene, and had a 13-year-old girl in the car with him. She was returned to her home by police. The man, Scott Hawkins, was arraigned Nov. 11 on charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence with an occupant less than 16, a 1 year misdemeanor, and …

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Brooke Tajer

6:28 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

If I recall correctly, the report states he was giving her a ride.   more ›

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