New Year's Eve starts a "No Refusal" weekend in Dallas Fort Worth.
Law enforcement officials are saying for drivers, that means if a driver is pulled over on suspicion of DWI and they refuse the standard field sobriety test, officers will place them under arrest. Frankly, this more disinformation for the media because this has always been the case (being arrested when they refuse.) Drivers should continue to stand on the rights to refuse breath and blood test.
County and Municipal jails in the Dallas Fort Worth area had judges on site over the holiday to sign search warrants, as well as having a nurse available to draw blood for the purposes of determining if a driver is legally intoxicated. Some smaller police departments took those arrested directly to hospitals for blood samples after the warrant was signed.
Alcohol-related fatalities are the commonly stated reason behind the "No Refusal Law." However I have seen no evidence it makes a difference.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
DWI CHEKPOINTS APPROVED - MAY APPLY TO DALLAS FT. WORTH
AUSTIN -- Drivers in urban cities and counties could be stopped and checked for their sobriety at police checkpoints under a bill tentatively passed Monday by the Texas Senate.
The vote was 21-10 with six Republican and four Democratic senators voting no. A 1994 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling outlawed sobriety checkpoints, but said the Legislature could make them legal.
The checkpoints would be publicized to deter people from drinking and driving, said bill sponsor Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas. He estimated that the drop in drunken driving would save 300 lives each year in Texas, which leads the nation in alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
Carona won support from lawmakers who previously opposed checkpoint bills by requiring that the stops be videotaped and audio recorded. The bill also prohibits police from asking for a driver’s license or insurance card.
Approval from a sheriff or mayor would be needed to set up a checkpoint, which would only be allowed in a county with at least 250,000 residents or a city with at least 500,000 residents.
The vote was 21-10 with six Republican and four Democratic senators voting no. A 1994 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling outlawed sobriety checkpoints, but said the Legislature could make them legal.
The checkpoints would be publicized to deter people from drinking and driving, said bill sponsor Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas. He estimated that the drop in drunken driving would save 300 lives each year in Texas, which leads the nation in alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
Carona won support from lawmakers who previously opposed checkpoint bills by requiring that the stops be videotaped and audio recorded. The bill also prohibits police from asking for a driver’s license or insurance card.
Approval from a sheriff or mayor would be needed to set up a checkpoint, which would only be allowed in a county with at least 250,000 residents or a city with at least 500,000 residents.
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