Wrong Way Crashes and DUI

A new study commissioned on behalf of the Ohio State Highway Patrol concluded that more than half of wrong-way drivers were suspected of alcohol or drug impairment. According to the study, 60 wrong-way collisions between January 2011 and April 2013 resulted in 31 deaths. Some notable findings in the report:> The death rate in wrong-way collisions (37 percent) was more than 100 times higher than in all crashes on Ohio roadways (0.35 percent) during the reporting period. > 57 percent of wrong-way drivers were men. > Among age groups, 23 percent were from ages of 16-25, 21 percent were from 36-45 and 21 percent...

01 February

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DUI Accidents and Ohio Law (Aggravated Vehicular Homicide & Aggravated Vehicular Assault)

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If you are involved in an accident while driving under the influence in Ohio you face very harsh penalties. Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, O.R.C. 2903.06, is a crime that results from the death of another caused by the defendant’s operating a vehicle while impaired (a violation of R.C. 4511.19) or while driving negligently or recklessly. The statute encompasses driving an automobile recklessly or negligently (called Vehicular homicide) whether or not alcohol played a part in the death. Often, defendants are indicted for multiple counts, with additional counts for each victim of the accident.Under the reckless section of the statute you will be...

27 September

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Low BAC And Fatal Crashes (by DaytonDUI)

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According to research complied by David J. Hanson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Sociology of the State University of New York at Potsdam, most drivers who have had something to drink have low blood alcohol content or concentration (BAC) and few are involved in fatal crashes. On the other hand, while only a few drivers have BACs higher than .15, a much higher proportion of those drivers have fatal crashes.The average BAC among fatally injured drinking drivers is .16 1 The relative risk of death for drivers in single-vehicle crashes with a high BAC is 385 times that of a zero-BAC driver and for...

26 May

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Microbial Contamination of the Blood Draw

Posted by Dayton DUI

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With recent changes in Ohio OVI law, attorneys should expect more blood test cases. Blood cases present the opportunity for multiple scientific defenses, but only if we recognize them and present them in a coherent manner before our judges. Many of these scientific defenses can arise from problems in the blood draw. If the blood draw is flawed microorganisms may contaminate the blood sample. If this happens sugars (natrually present in the blood) can be converted into ethanol, resulting in a fasley high test. Candida albicans is a yeast that lives on just about everything and is resistant to most...

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Wrong Way Crashes and DUI

DUI Accidents and Ohio Law (Aggravated Vehicular Homicide & Aggravated Vehicular Assault)

Low BAC And Fatal Crashes (by DaytonDUI)

Microbial Contamination of the Blood Draw

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