It looks like we have one last weekend without checkpoints before the full swing of the checkpoint season begins. We called all of our usual places this week (see the list below) and heard no across the board for checkpoints this Friday and Saturday. Reminder, there are already future ones scheduled across the area....
A test subject puts the SCRAMx ankle monitor to work during the Tribe home opener. The resulting BAC is worth reading about.
Last week the Ohio OVI Blog had the pleasure to meet Karen and Jen from Alternative Horizon Counseling Center. We talked about DIP programs (Driver intervention Programs), alcohol assessments, Ohio OVI Laws, OVI punishments and, perhaps most interestingly, SCRAMx. SCRAM is an acronym for Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor, and is an alcohol testing...
Ok, so maybe it won’t be with a vengeance, but some of you may have noticed that we haven’t been doing as much with our Ohio OVI Blog lately. The fact of the matter is, there isn’t much to do. The winter weather has limited the number of drivers on the road and the...
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....
Sadly, there have been many high-profile DUI cases in the news lately. In a recent story on CNN, former New York Yankees World Series hero Jim Leyritz is facing DUI manslaughter charges for allegedly running his SUV through a red light in Florida and smashing it into another driver. The driver, a mother of...
In Ohio there are two instances where you can be given a breat test by a police officer. The first, the portable breath test, is generally administered during the initial traffic stop. Here’s what you need to know: This test is never mandatory and is not admissible in the court of law. Taking this...
