The efforts of two New Jersey senators mean that the state Division of Highway and Traffic Safety will soon be receiving four different grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation totaling nearly $5 million. Of that total, nearly $3 million will be targeted toward law enforcement efforts to crack down on drunk driving. The consequences […]

Cape May readers may be interested to learn that New Jersey’s state assembly may soon be taking up consideration of a proposed bill that would significantly increase penalties under certain circumstances for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. On September 24, the Assembly Law and Public Safety committee introduced legislation that would increase the severity […]

As Cape May readers may know, police commonly administer field sobriety tests and breath tests to determine whether probable cause exists to believe that a driver has operated a vehicle while intoxicated. As he prepares to head to trial, a committeeman from Princeton Township claims that he was unaware of the consequences that attach to […]

Recently, in Long Valley, New Jersey, a 54-year-old man was pulled over late in the evening for a traffic violation. The police officer believed that he was under the influence of alcohol, allegedly evident by the smell of his breath. The officer immediately gave the driver a field sobriety test; the man failed to prove […]

Fifteen NFL players have already been charged with DWI this year. Football players lead the charge in drunk driving arrests, but they are not alone; there have been 22 arrests of major athletes (NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB) in 2012 alone. While the number may seem high, 22 out of 3,600 athletes in the four […]