According to the CarInsuranceComparison.com company, Texas — together with Louisiana — now ranks as the state with the nation’s worst drivers due to the number of car accidents and other metrics measured by the organization. CarInsuranceComparison.com, has been collecting driving information statistics for the past…
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Drowsy driving is drunk driving
Drowsy Driving same as Drunk Driving Drunk driving and drowsy driving are equally dangerous, a new study finds. The study, released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (AAA), indicates that drowsy driving – defined as driving with fewer than five hours of sleep – has…
Man involved in a head-on crash seeks to be hidden by store clerks
The head-on crash in this story happened in an intersection in eastern Montgomery County. The wreck involved a 56-year-old man and a teenager. The teen managed to make it out of the crash unscathed, but the man left the scene. He ran to a gas…
Mothers against drunk driving organization to hold 5K
While there are massive educational campaigns in every state across the nation, accidents caused by drunk drivers happen every day. In 2015 in central Texas alone, 37 people were killed and 349 injured in drunk driving related accidents. Reita Hill, victim advocate, of the Mothers…
Bars may be held responsible for serving customers who DWI
Texas Dram Shop Law Texas Dram Shop Law allows lawsuits against bar owners who over-serve alcohol to their patrons. Texarkana’s Fat Jack’s Oyster and Sports Bar and Hopkins Icehouse are facing two civil lawsuits as a result of a fatal 2013 drunk driving accident that…
Off-duty police officer guilty of DWI for 2012 hit and run fatality
It’s not just ordinary Texas citizens that drink and drive. In this case, an off-duty officer, 49-year-old Raymundo Carranza, ran into 26-year-old Richard Lopez, who was changing a tire at the side of Spur 601, killing him. Carranza left the scene of the accident, only…
Drunk Driver Hits Man Pumping Gas
When you go to fill your car with gas, the last thing you expect is to be hit by a drunk driver. That’s what happened in this case. This accident happened in South Austin on Interstate 35 near St. Elmo Road. Eyewitness say a speeding…
Jailing for addictions does not make much sense but what’s the alternative?
In Texas repeat DWI drivers must have an interlock ignition device installed in their vehicles for two years or longer. The cost to do that is not cheap. Installation runs about $200 and monthly fees can be close to $100. Nonetheless, despite the expense, repeat…
Alleged drunk driver ran red light, colliding with another vehicle, killing one
This drunk driving crash injured a 6-year-old boy and killed another driver, 22-year-old Javier Maya. It was 1:30 a.m. on a recent Monday morning when 27-year-old Nydia Pena ran a red light at Southwest Military Drive near Norma Street in San Antonio. She collided with…
After tenth drunk driving conviction, man gets jail
Ivy Eberhardt, 62, of Weatherford, Texas, was finally sentenced to life in prison in light of his tenth drunk driving conviction since the 1980s. His driving record is even more dismal: 10 DWI convictions and 12 DWI arrests. The sentencing judge resorted to putting Eberhardt…
