A judge ruling last week stated that Ohio officials cannot prove that a portable breath tester intended to be a statewide standard for the detection of drunken drivers is producing accurate and reliable results. Judge Gary Dumm of Circleville Municipal Court (Columbus area) ruled that test results from the cleverly named Intoxilyzer 800 will...
There are three phases involved when an officer arrests you for an OVI. Back in January we tackled phase one, vehicle in motion. This post is solely dedicated to Phase Two, personal contact. The first task of Phase Two, observation and interview of the driver, begins as soon as the suspect vehicle and patrol...
With spring and summer around the corner (hopefully), people will be bringing out there motorcycles to cruise the streets, go for runs and go to biker nights at local bars. Law enforcement recognizes that with the change of weather more people will be out on their bikes. In response to the potential of impaired...
Beginning today, the Ohio State Highway Patrol will once again conduct a Cuyahoga County Metro Initiative enforcement that aim to reduce crash and decrease criminal activity, according to a release last Friday. During this campaign you will see a higher number of officers on the streets in Cuyahoga County This means that troopers will...
We all know that Thanksgiving is one of the top times of the year for DUI and OVI check points, but it looks like the weekend leading up to it will have plenty of cops out and about. While the details are still coming in, this weekend we already know there will be a...
Here at The Ohio OVI Blog’s world headquarters we are still celebrating the fact that we passed 500 Facebook likes this week. Our new goal is 1,000, so if you don’t like us on Facebook yet you should do so now. There’s a little Like button at the top of this article. Click it....
No matter how many times we post information about how dangerous it is to drive drunk, people still do it. Here’s another reason not to: The Ohio State Highway Patrol sent out a press release to its media partners yesterday stating there would be check points across the state looking for DUI and OVI...
As discussed in our blog yesterday, this weekend is peak DUI/OVI check point time in Ohio. To add on to our previous post, we have included some specific details on check points we know about. Beyond this, just about every city on the west side of Cleveland will be doing saturation points and be...
As an update to the blog post yesterday about check points for this weekend, we got an email from The Ohio State Highway Patrol this afternoon with more details. For Northeast Ohio, the important point of note is they will be doing a check point in Cuyahoga County Saturday night, but will not say...
