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Tehama County DUI campaign nets 27 arrests Contra Costa Times The Tehama County Avoid the Five Summer/Labor Day DUI campaign netted 27 arrests with seven arrested over the holiday weekend ... Labor Day DUI arrests declineRecord-Searchlight all 4 news articles »

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Police: Woman Arrived Drunk To DUI Meeting WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- A woman on probation for drunken driving was arrested when she showed up intoxicated to a court-ordered DUI awareness event, police said. ... Woman arrives drunk at DUI meetingFox 59 IMPD: Drunk woman arrested at DUI eventIndianapolis Star IMPD: Anti-DUI advocate drunk at meetingIndianapolis Star all 5 news articles »

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Riverview man accused of DUI manslaughter in death of 15-year-old brother Tampabay.com Cesar Cervantes, 23, faces charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and DUI with serious injury. He was being held at the Hillsborough County ... Riverview man charged 8 months after deadly crashTbo.com all 3 news articles »

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MyFoxOrlando.com

Woman with four prior DUI arrests accused of driving drunk, crashing at ... Orlando Sentinel A Seminole County woman with several prior DUI arrests had a blood-alcohol level that was four times the legal limit ... Mom charged with DUI at school10 Connects Mom picking up child at school charged with DUISun-Sentinel (blog) Mom arrested for DUI while picking up kid from schoolMyFoxOrlando.com all 4 news articles »

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Repeat DUI Offenders Have Reasoning Deficits: Study U.S. News & World Report Researchers assessed 34 male, second-time DUI (driving under the influence) offenders enrolled in a rehabilitation program and a control group of 31 healthy ... and more »

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DUI patrol nets arrests The State Journal-Register By Anonymous Jerome police on Tuesday reported arresting 10 drunken drivers during the department's Labor Day DUI Crackdown. The detail was held from Aug. ... Monterey County wraps up CHP campaign with 126 DUI arrestsThe Salinas Californian Labor Day traffic detail leads to 8 DUI arrestsSun Shopper Labor Day accidents decline; DUI arrests riseJackson Clarion Ledger CIproud.com (blog) -Greenwich Time -KVVU Las Vegas all 46 news articles »

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Los Angeles Times

Mel Gibson's arresting officer suing his own department Entertainment Weekly The Sheriff's Deputy who arrested Mel Gibson in the infamous 2006 DUI incident is suing Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, ... Deputy details efforts to remove Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic rant from drunk ...Los Angeles Times (blog) Cop Sues Own Department Over Mel Gibson's 2006 DUI ArrestAmerican Superstar Magazine Officer Claims Discrimination in Wake of Mel Gibson's '06 DUI ArrestTheInsider.com KTLA -LA Weekly (blog) -Courthouse News Service all 359 news articles »

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Telegraph.co.uk

DSA to stop publishing driving test routes Autobulbs Direct (blog) Driving test routes are no longer to be published by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), road safety minister Mike Penning announced today (September 8th). ... UK: Real driving experience for learners7thSpace Interactive (press release) all 8 news articles »

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Daily Mail

'Asleep at the wheel' Ranulph Fiennes avoids driving ban after head-on smash Daily Mail But road safety campaigners RoadPeace branded the sentence as lenient and called for tougher penalties against people who fall asleep at the wheel. ... and more »

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Hands-Free Kits â?? a Necessary Evil Best Mobile Contracts (blog) Suddenly, talking on your mobile phone in the car became the new drink driving. Rightly so, our motoring habits changed overnight, and we stopped making ...

More... ]]> Drink Driving News Latest News http://www.forum.drinkdriving.org/drink-driving-news/20471.htm http://www.forum.drinkdriving.org/ask-solicitor-free-legal-advice/20470.htm Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:42:58 GMT Hello I am guilty but would like some advice please. My situation is as follows: I lost my job in April 2010 due to redundancy. ... Hello

I am guilty but would like some advice please.

My situation is as follows:

I lost my job in April 2010 due to redundancy.

Despite feeling optimistic at first, I am still out of work over 4 months later.

My only income is JSA and I have been struggling to pay my debts each month with savings. However, I knew that after August I would have no money left and, as I had such a low income and no prospect of a job – even a temporary one, I would have to declare myself bankrupt.

Needless to say this was causing me a great deal of stress and I was not eating or sleeping properly (I had not eaten since 5pm the day before the incident).

I knew I was in a downward spiral and plucked up the courage to go to the doctor (on 20 August) who put me on anti-depressants. I was told that they could take about 3 weeks to kick in and I could feel worse before I got better.

I don’t know if this is the case but I know that the night before the day I was arrested, I had had a particularly bad night not only with the stress but also with night sweats (I am going through the menopause).

My partner works alot from home and he has quite a demanding job. Obviously, my stress and the sleepless nights were having an effect on him too. The morning of 1 September he was very angry and said that he could not carry on like this and was losing money and would quite likely lose his job because of me. He said he wanted me to leave (the flat is solely his).

I was devastated. I had no job, no money, about to go bankrupt and now I was going to lose my relationship and be homeless – everything in my life was a failure.

I really didn’t think I had anything to live for. I went out and bought a bottle of vodka and packets of paracetamol.

I drove away hoping to find a country road to park. However, I was crying so much I could hardly see and turned into Sturdy’s Castle car park. It is quite big and there were not many cars so I could park away from everyone.

I started taking the vodka and tablets, but only got as far as about 9 when I started to gag and couldn’t take any more as I knew I would just throw them up again. I couldn’t even commit suicide properly.

I know I cried and cried and I know now that I must have drunk the rest of the vodka.

I do not know exactly what time it was but from the reports I guess around 6pm I knew I couldn’t stay in the car park and decided to go ‘home’ to see if anything could be salvaged from the relationship.

I turned right from the car park, believing it to be clear but obviously it was not and I collided with a car which I didn't see (possibly from the slip road almost opposite, but I cannot be sure). No-one was hurt, although I was in shock.

I hope that these comments will go some way to explaining the circumstances. Please believe me that my actions were completely out of character and I am truly devastated by what I have done.

I know it's too late for a solicitor as I have to go to court on 14 September, but any help would be appreciated.

Thank you
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Monterey County wraps up CHP campaign with 126 DUI arrests The Salinas Californian Salinas police Sgt. John Lynn, coordinator for Avoid the 18 in the Salinas area, said DUI arrests for the campaign last year reached 168, a decrease of 42 ... and more »

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Avoid the 18 Campaign in Monterey County wraps up with 126 DUI arrests The Salinas Californian Sgt. John Lynn said the DUI arrests for the same campaign last year were 168. That's a decrease of 42 this year. Also, there were no DUI fatalities reported ... DUI arrests drop during latest enforcement periodVentura County Star Sonoma County DUI crackdown nets 155 peopleSanta Rosa Press Democrat Holiday crackdown: More than 40 people arrested in RivCo for DUISouthwest Riverside News Network Enterprise-Record -AZ Central.com -KSRO all 24 news articles »

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Palm Beach Post

3 drivers charged with DUI with their kids in the car Palm Beach Post Both were charged with DUI and child neglect without great harm. And Jennifer Lee Dunn, 30, of Royal Palm Beach, was booked just after midnight Monday and ... and more »

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Los Angeles Times

Officer Claims Discrimination in Wake of Mel Gibson's '06 DUI Arrest TheInsider.com The officer who arrested Mel Gibson for DUI in 2006 is suing the County of Los Angeles for damages related to events that transpired after the actor's ... Mel Gibson's arresting officer suing his own departmentEntertainment Weekly Deputy in 2006 Mel Gibson DUI Arrest Sues Dept.KTLA Deputy Who Arrested Mel Gibson Says LA County Shares Actor's BiasCourthouse News Service Los Angeles Times all 330 news articles »

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