driving laws

High Court Considers Mo. Case, Constitutionality Of Mandatory Blood Alcohol Tests

Nina Totenberg — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:49:50 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case testing whether the police must get a warrant before ordering blood to be drawn from an unwilling drunken-driving suspect.

The court has long held that, except in emergency situations, warrants are required when government officials order bodily intrusions like a blood draw. But in Wednesday's case, the state of Missouri and the Obama administration contended that warrants should not be required before administering blood tests to suspected drunken drivers.

The Case

Tyler McNeely was stopped at 2 a.m.

US Supreme Court To Hear Mo. Drunk Driving Case On Wednesday

KRCU — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Reporting by Jacob McCleland of KRCU.

The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments this Wednesday (today) to determine whether police officers can take blood tests from drunk driving suspects without a warrant.

The case springs from a drunk driving arrest in Cape Girardeau in 2010.

US Supreme Court To Take On Missouri Drunk Driving Case

KRCU — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:59:06 +0000

Jacob McCleland of KRCU's reporting used in this story.

The US Supreme Court will pick up a case that could determine whether police can legally administer blood tests without a warrant.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol officer took Tyler McNeely to a Cape Girardeau hospital for blood tests after he failed field sobriety tests but refused the breathalyzer.

On a phone? Driving a car? In Illinois? Make sure you're not breaking any of these new laws

The Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:33:08 +0000

Illinois drivers are coming under more pressure to stay off their cellphones.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed four laws Friday aimed at making roadways safer.

Three of them confront the problem of drivers becoming distracted by talking and texting on their cellphones, something that U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has called a "national epidemic."

Do strict laws keep teens from driving drunk?

Véronique LaCapra — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:08:49 +0000

New research out of Washington University suggests the answer is "yes" to our headline question - that laws restricting how late at night teens can drive or how many passengers they can have may also be keeping teens from driving drunk.

The study used data from 1999 to 2009 on teen drinking and driving in 45 states with graduated driving licensing laws.

Wash U. psychologist Patricia Cavazos-Rehg led the study. She says states adopted teen driving restrictions at different times, and that some states are stricter than others.