On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Blood Alcohol Tests on Friday, May 17, 2013
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all states, including Oregon, adopt a uniform blood alcohol content limit of 0.05 in an attempt to reduce vehicular deaths attributed to drunk driving. Currently, most states use the cutoff of 0.08 as the blood alcohol level that indicates a driver may be driving while intoxicated.
The NTSB contends that alcohol consumption sufficient to raise a driver's blood alcohol content, referred to as the BAC, to 0.05 is enough to lower most drivers' ability to focus on the road and make rational decisions while driving. The NTSB's recommendations are not mandatory, NTSB makes suggestions that legislators may consider. Drunk driving contributes to over 30 percent of motor vehicle fatalities in the United States per year.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Charges on Friday, May 10, 2013
A drunk-driving arrest can sometimes result after a motor vehicle accident that includes injuries. This was the case with a Portland woman who was taken into custody after her vehicle collided with a motorcycle on April 30. The 28-year-old is now facing drunk driving charges along with reckless driving.
The accident took place in the 4600 block of Northeast Portland Highway shortly after 10 p.m. Police say that the accused was driving eastbound on that stretch of highway when she crossed over into an oncoming lane, thereby striking the motorcycle. While doing so, she apparently hit another motor vehicle. The driver of that automobile did not sustain any injuries.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Vehicular Assault or Homicide on Friday, May 3, 2013
A Seattle man's pickup truck reportedly hit four members of a family as they were crossing a street in Seattle. Two of the family members died as a result of the accident, and the other two, an infant and his mother, were transported to Harborview Medical Center where they are listed as in serious condition.
The driver of the pickup truck has been charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving. The man has plead not guilty to the charges.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Charges on Friday, April 26, 2013
A 25-year-old student at the University of Oregon has been charged with four counts of criminal action, including drunk driving charges, in a recent accident in which he and two other persons were injured, and traffic on the Randy Pape Beltline was restricted for approximately seven hours.
According to investigators, the student was traveling on the wrong side of the highway, going west in an eastbound lane. His 2002 Saab struck a 2005 Suzuki traveling east. The student and a passenger in the Suzuki sustained minor injuries from the crash. The driver of the Suzuki, however, sustained more serious injuries.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Blood Alcohol Tests on Friday, April 19, 2013
Oregonian legislators are currently looking into legalizing marijuana and regulating its production and sale. Some state officials, however, such as the sheriff of Washington County, Pat Garret, point out that there's no test akin to the blood alcohol test to check for impairment in drivers who are under the influence of weed. Current legislation treats marijuana impairment and having a .08 blood alcohol content, or BAC, as equal under the law, and the sheriff doesn't see how legalizing the drug will make its abuse go away.
Though Sheriff Garrett and the Oregon State Sheriffs Association are opposed to the bill, it seems as if legislators are focusing more on what the citizens want. Recent polls have shown that 50 percent of Oregonians are now in favor of the legalization of marijuana. Oregon was the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of the drug, and when politicians tried to re-criminalize the drug in 1997, a statewide vote struck the measure down.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Charges on Friday, April 12, 2013
Two people face charges after an accident on a southbound stretch of Highway 99E April 6. The car accident, which occurred just north of Aurora, left five people injured, damaged a home and resulted in drunk driving charges against the driver and a passenger.
The accident occurred around 8:30 p.m. just before the Pudding River Bridge when a Ford Explorer driven by a 32-year-old Hubbard woman was headed southbound. According to authorities, she was arguing with a passenger, a 33-year-old man, when the man grabbed the steering wheel. The woman lost control of the vehicle, and it crossed the northbound lane, struck a woodpile, flipped and careened into a home in the 21000 block of the highway.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Charges on Monday, April 1, 2013
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has expressed alarm at how many DUII-related deaths the city has seen so far this year.
In the first three months of 2013, 11 people have been killed in traffic accidents in Portland. Of those, five deaths have been linked to what authorities believe was an instance of someone driving under the influence.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Blood Alcohol Tests on Monday, March 25, 2013
A 52-year-old Madras man was arrested by Oregon State Police earlier this month after he struck a woman in a crosswalk in downtown Madras and severely injured her.
Authorities believe the man was drunk at the time of the accident, which occurred around 9 p.m. March 17, so he has been charged with DUII and second-degree assault.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Charges on Friday, March 22, 2013
Some Oregon drivers did not experience the luck of the Irish over St. Patrick's Day weekend.
Between 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 16 and 4 a.m. on Monday, March 18, troopers from the Oregon State Patrol arrested 29 drivers on suspicion of DUII. That is six more than the 23 drivers who were arrested on suspicion of being intoxicated during St. Patrick's Day weekend in 2012.
On behalf of Andy Green, Attorney at Law, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Charges on Monday, March 11, 2013
A Eugene woman has been charged with DUII, and might be charged with several other offenses, too, after a dramatic incident at a Yachats bar earlier this month.
According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, the woman got into an altercation with her boyfriend and another woman when all three were at a drinking establishment called the Underground Pub. The boyfriend and the other woman sustained minor injuries in the incident.
