DUI
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Making tons of money for being really good at what you do is one of the natural rewards of living in the U.S., especially if what you do is play NFL football. Unfortunately, buying and wrecking expensive sports cars while under the influence is increasingly becoming one of the natural rewards as well. Or at least it's natural for Eric Wright, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. According to a report from the L.A. Times (via CBS Sports), Wright was tearing through downtown L.A. near the Staples Center when he crashed his new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG into a Chevrolet Silverado just after...
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Infrared Technology Measures Blood Alcohol Before You Drive
As in many aspects of life, ignoring a problem such as drink driving doesn't make it go away. That applies whether you're willingly letting an intoxicated friend drive, you've had a few beers yourself and think you'll be fine anyway, or whether you're using an app to deliberately avoid DUI...
Antony Ingram -
Unloaded: Apple Bans DUI Sobriety Checkpoint Apps
Drunk drivers who think they can evade the law by looking to certain smartphone apps might suddenly find a roadblock after all. Apple has followed up its big iCloud news earlier this week with some revised guidelines for its App Store—and one of the most noteworthy changes is a crackdown on...
Bengt Halvorson -
Senators Push Apple, Google To Nix DUI Apps -- But Does It Matter?
In March, we told you that four U.S. Senators had pushed Apple, Google, and Research In Motion (creators of the Blackberry) to remove apps that revealed the location of DUI checkpoints. At the time, RIM was the only provider that agreed to do so, but now Apple and Google have indicated that they...
Richard Read -
This Week In DUIs: Rick Springfield Isn't So Hard To Hold (In Jail)
First, they called him Bruce, now they call him jailbird: the former pop star and soap star known as Rick Springfield was pulled over in Malibu, California Monday night and hauled in for driving under the influence. Law enforcement agents saw Springfield speeding down the Pacific Coast Highway...
Richard Read -
Drunk Millionaire Crashes McLaren SLR Supercar, Proceeds To Drive
Just a day after reporting on this very sorry looking Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which was probably left that way by a drunk driver behind the wheel, comes a new story of an ever more exotic supercar, this time with its drunk driver caught in the act. The latest crashed supercar is a McLaren SLR owned by...
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With more than 10,000 Americans dying every year in DUI-related car accidents, you might think it poor taste that you can download DUI checkpoint warning applications for Apple and Blackberry cell phones. You'd not be alone, either. Four U.S. senators are asking Apple, Google and Research In Motion, the makers of Blackberry, to remove smartphone apps from their stores that alert drivers to DUI checkpoints. The applications have been accused of giving drivers an excuse to drink and drive, knowing that they're unlikely to be caught driving under the influence. The apps have been described as...
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American Idol's Stefano Langone, Nearly Killed By Drunk Driver, Has DUI Of His Own
We're not going to sit here and pretend to hang on every word that drops from the mouths of American Idol contestants. We're not even going to pretend that we've watched a full episode of the show. But when it comes to competitors hiding portions of their past...well, we're all ears. During his...
Richard Read -
Christina Aguilera Arrested For Public Drunkenness, We Blame Burlesque
Christina Aguilera always seemed like the good girl (well, you know, as good as any girl can be in a corset and six-inch Louboutins). While her comrade, Britney, was busy getting married and unmarried and shaved bald, Christina was recording solos and duets and not wedding her backup dancers. But...
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Gary Collins Strikes Again: Now Wanted For 'Driving Into The Back Of A Woman'
Gary Collins' reign of terror continues! The former TV regular and human driving hazard -- better known to Southerners as Mr. Mary Ann Mobley -- is now wanted for hit-and-run in Jackson, Mississippi. According to a report in Jackson's Clarion-Ledger, Collins is accused of leaving the scene of an...
Richard Read -
Whammer In The Slammer: George Michael Gets Jail Time For Driving While High As A Kite
You know how it goes: you're at a party having a couple of brews, then you utter a few careless whispers, things get a little too funky, and -- boom -- next thing you know, you're slumped across the leather seat of a Range Rover, being roughed up by policemen. (Not in the good way.) We've all been...
Richard Read -
Lindsay Lohan's Triumphant Return To Acting
This, people -- this is the face of DUI. The scrunched-up, self-tanned, high-brought-low, comeuppance-enhanced face of DUI. A simulated re-enactment of the Lohan's just-wrapped trial: Lindsay Lohan: What? What did that bitch say? Lawyerlady: That "bitch" is your judge, and she just sent you to jail...
Richard Read -
You can have your Dreyfusses and Lohans--for our money, George Michael is the Worst Celebrity Driver Ever. This weekend, Michael hit a building after only recently getting his driver's license back from his last scuff with the law. In 2007, Michael was found under the influence of drugs in his Range Rover--in the middle of a London intersection, with the car running. That offense resulted in a two-year driving suspension. Late last summer, Michael was suspected of driving under the influence again, but was released without charges. This time, Michael crashed into a photo-developing shop in...
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Chris Klein Drives Drunk. But Then, What Else Has He Got To Do?
This is probably not Chris Klein's mugshot -- a mugshot that will likely hit the interwebs soon, since Klein was arrested on Wednesday morning for driving under the influence. On the other hand, we tend to make this same face when we're surrounded by body shots and fuzzy navels, so maybe this is...
Richard Read -
January Jones (Allegedly) Dodges A DUI
Linked is a photo of January Jones exiting a cab on June 9, apparently making the final, wobbly steps of a long Walk of Shame. (Never mind the fact that every walk in public has been a shameful one for Jones since since she hosted SNL. Seriously, there are not words to describe that kind of...
Richard Read -
Mock DUI Crashes: Scaring Teens Sober, Or Missing The Point?
Back in the 1950s, driver's ed
Bengt Halvorson