Indiana in Trouble Due to Lax Drunk Driving Laws
Indiana's drunk driving laws have failed to pass muster with the federal administration. The administration has announced that several states, including Indiana, will be penalized with a lack of federal funding for highway safety projects, as a result of their failure to pass stringent laws against intoxicated driving.
According to an assessment of the drunk driving laws passed by all states by the Federal Highway Administration, as many as two thirds of all states have lax drunk driving laws that do not make the cut. The federal administration believes that these states, including Indiana, have not complied with mandates to reduce the incidence of intoxicated driving.
In Indiana’s case, there were changes made to the drunk driving laws back in 2004, and under the new laws, the state no longer requires a person convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol to perform a certain number of hours of community service as an alternative to prison time. The federal administration is not happy with that changed law.
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New research by the National Transportation Safety Board confirms what every Indiana personal injury lawyer already knows - intoxicated or drunk drivers are the number one cause of wrong way driving accidents across the country. The Board is using the results of the study to promote a recommendation that all 50 states enact laws requiring mandatory installation of ignition interlock devices in all vehicles of DUI offenders, including persons convicted for the very first time.
According to a study, the number of DUI arrests involving women has increased by 36% over the last decade. Men comprise the majority of all DUI arrests in the country,
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In 2005, the economic cost of accidents, including medical expenses and lost income from days off from work, totaled a staggering $99 billion. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 


