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New Jersey enacted the first law that specifically criminalized driving an automobile while intoxicated, in 1906. The New Jersey statute provided that "[n]o intoxicated person shall drive a motor vehicle." Violation of this provision was punishable by a fine of up to $500, or a term of up to 60 days in county jail. [18]
According to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s DUI crash data, 1,257 DUI crashes were recorded in Sumner County between Jan. 1, 2023, and Jan. 30, 2024. Fifty-eight of those ...
In 2004, after winning election as President of the Student Government, Campbell earned a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee. [1] She graduated from Duke University School of Law in 2009, [ 1 ] magna cum laude , and earned a Master of Public Policy from the Sanford School of Public Policy the same year.
After refusing to complete a sobriety test, he was arrested for driving under the influence and violating implied consent laws. Beck denied consuming any alcohol. [ 9 ] On July 28, a judge dismissed the charges, saying that Beck's driving did not meet a level of reasonable suspicion that would have justified a traffic stop.
Memphis voters went to the polls Nov. 5 and were met with a laundry list of questions at the bottom of their ballots. In total, they were asked six questions that spanned about four pages.
1937 poster warning U.S. drivers against drunk driving. Driving under the influence (DUI) is the offense of driving, operating, or being in control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs (including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians), to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely. [1]
Tennessee’s insurance verification system, introduced under the James Lee Atwood Jr. Law, is a tool designed to ensure compliance with the state’s financial responsibility requirements ...
In 2022, Hall drafted "Ethan, Hailey, and Bentley's Law", commonly referred to as "Bentley's Law", which requires drunk drivers to pay child support for the children of their victims. The law is named after the children of a Chattanooga police officer killed in the line of duty and a Missouri child whose parents died in a crash in 2021, both of ...