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How to Prevent Drunk Driving In Young Adults?

Posted on Dec 29, 2011

Preventing drunk driving in young adults is a question that worries every parent with teenage kids. The best solution is to handle the situation at home. A young adult driving drunk is a scary scenario and is a parent’s worst nightmare.

Adolescent DUI Scenario

It is half past ten and your child has not returned. After a worrisome hour or so, you hear a thud on the door and you recognize it as a police officer’s flashlight. When you open the door, you see the blue and red light flashing in the background and horrible thoughts go through your mind. The police officer tells you that you have to come down to the station to pick up your adolescent that has been arrested for drunk driving. After your initial thoughts, it is almost a relief to hear that your child has just been arrested and is not in a drawer at the morgue or comatose in ICU.

Key to Preventing Drunk Driving In Young Adults

After this scenario you and your kid need to sit down for a talk. You should give them the facts first. Start with the statistics and the end results of many DUIs. Do not do all the talking; give them a chance to explain themselves. If you listen long enough they may come to some positive conclusion on their own. Parents are not experts on the subject but they can prepare themselves before hand by reading up on all the advice that advocacy groups offer for free. Being involved at your sons or daughters school will go along way also. If you are extra vigilant and have a good relationship with your child, this conversation would have happened long before the patrolman’s knock on the door. The key is to begin early and stay involved in your adolescent’s life.

When It Comes To DUI, Somber Parental Choices Are the Key

Do maintain a good, positive bond with your child but don’t become the best friend who never really brings up serious issues with them. It’s good to understand your children but don’t be the cool mom or dad that buys alcohol for their adolescent children. The other extreme to avoid is the extremely authoritative parent that does not really listen to their concerns. A happy medium is needed to help prevent drunk driving in young adults.

Griffon Football Player Called Before the Court for DWI

Posted on Dec 22, 2011

Griffon football player called before the court for DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) charges. Missouri Western football player, Benjamin Pister was cited on Sept. 19 for driving under the influence (DUI). Pister, a defensive lineman for Missouri Western State University, will be arraigned on Nov. 9 after failing to drive on the right side of the road. During the same incident, he was also cited for operating a motor vehicle without insurance.

Benjamin Pister DWI Offense

The citation occurred in Country Club Village where Pister was operating a motor vehicle under the influence and without car insurance. Pister was also arrested on Jan. 29 of last year for second-degree burglary and third-degree assault charges. According to reports, this arrest was due to a fight between a football and a baseball team. According to the complaints by the baseball team, a group of Western football players attacked them. This incident led to Pister’s arrest, where he was ordered by a municipal judge to pay $200 in fines.

Head Coach Jerry Partridge Comments on Pister’s Citation

Pister’s coach, Jerry Partridge declined to comment on his DUI citation. He just said, “Anything that happens with our kids is going to be handled in house, and I’m not going to comment on it in public,” said Jerry Partridge. So there you have it! Yet another coach refuses to talk about the inappropriate behavior displayed by his players. So we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. It is typical for coaches to have their own in-house policy for incidents like this, so hopefully it’s more than just a slap on the wrist for Pister.

Missouri Western State University’s DWI Laws

MWSU’s Athletics Department Drug and Alcohol Policy states that their athletes go through alcohol and drug abuse awareness training. The policy also states that the University will make available a training program to educate the players about the dangers of abusing drugs and alcohol. It seems that Missouri Western State University (MWSU) prides itself on promoting strict rules to deter its student-participants from abusing these dangerous substances.

What do you make of the whole incident? Do you think laws got strict for him because of his celebrity status or he got advantage of being a celebrity?

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Wal-Mart Heiress Regrets DWI Charge

Posted on Dec 14, 2011

It was Alice Walton’s 62nd birthday. She was just leaving her birthday dinner party when law enforcement officers pulled her over for a traffic violation. The incident happened on a Friday night and ended in Walton spending her birthday night in jail in North Texas. Walton was released from jail the next day for driving under the influence (DUI).

Alice Walton’s DUI Incident

Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton who is the founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. She was leaving her birthday bash when state troopers pulled her over for driving approximately 16 mph over the speed limit which was 55 mph. The incident occurred in a construction area on Interstate 20 in Forth Worth.

Walton’s DWI Offense

Apparently this is not her first run in with the law. Walton was convicted of driving while intoxicated (DWI) in 1998 as well. According to court papers, Alice drove off a road and crashed her sports utility vehicle. She was taken to a hospital where one of her tests results showed that she was under the influence and was driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.16.

Wal-Mart Heiress and DWI Charges

From what her lawyer said, it seems like Walton regrets the incident and accepts responsibility for driving under the influence. A judge ordered her to complete 28 hours of community service and pay $925.00 in court costs and fines. Walton completed her community service duties at the Jones Center for Children and Families.

DWI Laws Ignored by Alice Walton

Will new DWI laws help to decrease the number of drunk driving incidents? There has already been an increase in new laws and public awareness to deter people from getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle while drunk; however drunk driving still seems to be a major problem in the country. Most people still don’t realize the dangers of driving under the influence. They don’t fully understand what could happen when they choose to drink and drive.

Did Alice Walton get a slap on the wrist for driving under the influence? What do you have to say about celebrities and other high profile people getting caught while driving under the influence?

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