Archives for: December 20th, 2018

‘Tis the Season…to Be Getting an Uber in Colorado

Dec 20
2018

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Categories: DUI | DWAI | DWI

 

‘Tis the season for more days off from work, more holiday parties, and more family celebrating.

Unfortunately, it’s also the season for more drinking and driving. The U.S. Department of transportation reports an average of 27 fatalities every day in December due to drunk driving.

Closer to home, nearly 60 arrests for impaired driving occur each day in our state alone, and 500-plus Colorado drivers were arrested during this

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Five Alcohol-Free Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo 2015 in Denver

May 4
2015

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Categories: Cinco De Mayo | DUI

 

Here’s a fun fact: Although many people mistakenly believe Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “fifth of May”) celebrates Mexican independence day, the holiday actually commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

 

Here’s another, somewhat less fun fact: every Cinco de Mayo, thousands of people across the US are arrested for drunk driving.

 

In Denver, law enforcement

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Avoid a DUI by Having Alcohol Delivered to You

Mar 30
2015

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Categories: DUI

By now, most people know how important it is to avoid drinking and driving. The potential consequences—injuries, fatalities, heartache, totaled vehicles, skyrocketing insurance payments, arrests, fines—are simply not worth the risks. Thankfully, technological advances such as websites and smartphone apps are making it easier for people refrain from drinking and driving by decreasing the need to get on the road after drinking.

 

 

These delivery apps make it possible

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Avoiding a Repeat of Last Year’s DUI Saint Patrick’s Day Fiasco

Mar 10
2015

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Categories: DUI | St. Patrick's Day

Remember last St. Patrick’s Day?

 

If not, you’re not alone. On St. Patrick’s Day weekend, Colorado’s pubs, bars, and private homes flood with partiers dressed in green, celebrating the holiday with copious amounts of drinking. Over the course of one St. Patrick’s Day weekend alone, police arrested 471 drivers in our state on the suspicion of intoxication. According to reports, the highest number of arrests were made by the

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New Law Would Make Habitual Drunk Driving a Felony in Colorado

Feb 23
2015

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Categories: DUI

The vast majority of US states have felony DUI laws that enforce harsh penalties on repeat offenders. In fact, Colorado is one of only five states that currently do not have a felony DUI law in place. That means that regardless of the number of previous DUI convictions you have, the maximum punishment a DUI offender can receive under Colorado law is heavy fines, license suspension, and one year in

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