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0Report: CDC: Teen drinking and driving down by more than half 1349440080
One out of 10 teens has hopped behind the wheel of a car after drinking alcohol, a Center for Disease Control and Prevention study revealed this week. That means every month, there are potentially 2.4 million teenagers driving under the influence of alcohol. Hopefully, not all at the same ...
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Video: Feds release latest drunk driving stats, launch new campaign 1323959400
Drunk driving fatalities were on the decline in 2010, with 32 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico all reporting fewer deaths, according to new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. But the feds are still concerned about the 10,228 people killed in alcohol-related ...
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Report: Deportations due to drunk driving and traffic violations escalate dramatically 1311692460
There are a few key ways for an illegal immigrant to get deported. Anything to do with making or selling drugs is the number one way to get kicked out of the country, with 45,003 cases in the last fiscal year alone. That's up nearly one third from 2008, but drug offenses may not be number one for ...
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Study: Teens don't think texting while driving is as dangerous as DUI 1285023600
Despite plenty of academic research demonstrating that texting while driving can be just as dangerous as drinking and driving, a new poll shows that most teens simply don't think that's the case. State Farm recently sponsored a poll conducted by Harris Interactive in which 14-to-17 year-olds were ...
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NHTSA: Eight percent of Americans admit to driving drunk in past year 1282831200
Despite plenty of data that shows that drinking and driving leads to the deaths of thousands of motorists each year, consuming alcohol and getting behind the wheel is still a big problem in America. A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that eight percent of ...
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VIDEO: EVO does 0-100 mph in Porsche's new 911 Turbo... with a Coke and a smile 1260827700
Evo takes a 911 Turbo and a Coke from 0-100 – Click above to watch videoWhen the Porsche 997 Turbo first came out and it was discovered that you could get from 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds in the Tiptronic automatic transmission (which was quicker than the manual gearbox), that was incredible ... -
VIDEO: Australian Transport Accident Commission celebrates 20 years of disturbing commercials 1260577380
Don't drink and drive - Click above to view the video after the jumpYears ago when we were in drivers ed watching either Blood on the Highway or Red Asphalt -- the two gore-filled negative education films from the early 1970s that tried to scare us stright -- the cheerleader seated in front of ... -
VIDEO: Bacardi, Maserati, and Michael Schumacher get shaken, not stirred 1257787860
Click above to watch the video after the jumpAfter seven Formula One World Championships and more records than your local second-hand vinyl shop, Michael Schumacher has proven incredibly adept at driving a point home. Now that he's semi-retired, well...he's still making more money than most of ... -
Man charged with DWI while driving La-Z-Boy chair 1256338860
It's against the law to drink and drive. And as we've seen time and again, the police don't care if you're driving a Ferrari or a motorized scooter; over the limit means under arrest. There is now one more person in the world who knows this undeniable truth first-hand. Dennis LeRoy Anderson was ... -
Dude busted for DUI while driving motorized cooler 1212769920
Police in Whitehall, NY cold-busted an inebriated motorist over the Memorial Day weekend for swerving around in the middle of the street and weaving onto area sidewalks. That happened plenty of times over Memorial Day weekend, but what makes this story interesting is the fact that the driver was ...

