NTSB recommends per se blood alcohol level of .05% or less. On May 14, 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board issued a report titled “Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Alcohol-Impaired Driving.” http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2013/SR1301.pdf The NTSB intends for that title to be taken literally, as in: zero incidents of alcohol impaired driving– alcohol impaired driving to [...]
Thu, May 16 2013 » Criminal Law, Maine Law, OUI/DUI » No Comments
Over the past several months, the State has been replacing its old breath alcohol testing machines, the Intoxilizer 5000EN, with a newer model, the Intoxilizer 8000. Both the Intoxilizer 8000 and 5000EN operate on the principle of infrared spectroscopy, measuring the amount of infrared light absorbed in the sample chamber as it passes through a sample [...]
Wed, February 6 2013 » OUI/DUI » No Comments
Everyone seems to have the vague notion that when police arrest someone they are supposed to read the person his or her rights. On television and in the movies, the police arrest a guy and then proceed to read him his rights: “You have a right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you,” etc. So people get [...]
Wed, October 17 2012 » Criminal Law, Maine Law, OUI/DUI » No Comments
