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Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131.
A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver was texting, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The aspiring driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.
The call came into the 911 dispatcher: "I don't want to hurt anybody. I'm drunk." And with that, Mary Strey, 49, of Granton, reported herself as a drunken driver about three miles northeast of Neilsville in central Wisconsin.
Police said the driver of a mail truck was arrested for drunken driving after he was found speeding in Grand Forks. Police Sgt. Jason Dvorak said the truck was spotted traveling more than 10 mph over the speed limit Saturday morning. Dvorak said an officer stopped the driver for a routine traffic violation, and gave him a sobriety test after smelling alcohol.
A 50-year-old Reno man has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving for the third time in less than three weeks. Reno Police Sgt. Tom Robinson said the man was stopped Monday afternoon on a U.S. Highway 395 off-ramp on the south end of town after a concerned citizen alerted police about his erratic driving. He said a check of the man's police record found he had been arrested on the same charge two other times since Oct. 2.
Packers wide receiver Donald Driver has caught the most passes in Green Bay's franchise history.
A Springfield Mass Transit District bus driver has received a one-day unpaid suspension for wearing a pink necktie to help raise awareness for breast cancer. The driver, 46-year-old William Jones, had to serve the suspension, but his action led the transit district to agree that employees could wear pink on Fridays October in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The Department of Transportation’s recent conference on distracted driving drew considerable attention to the hazard posed by talking on the phone and texting while driving. By the government’s count, those activities were to blame for nearly 6,000 deaths last year.
Police say a Marin County couple with several drunken-driving arrests between them let a 13-year-old boy drive them home to avoid another DUI.
A judge sentenced an unlicensed teenage driver to 15 years to life in the death of a classmate after he drank several shots of rum and crashed his mother's car.
A Montana woman accused of letting her 12-year-old daughter drive three siblings to day care has been fined nearly $1,000. Angela Parenteau entered a no contest plea to one count of criminal endangerment Thursday in Municipal Court in Great Falls. Three other criminal endangerment charges were dropped under a plea agreement.
Two police officers who chased and Tasered a 76-year-old man driving a tractor in a Wyoming town parade have been fired.
A Canadian man has been sentenced to life in prison for mowing down a woman in a wheel chair as he drove drunk. It was his 19th drunk driving conviction, the court said.
A Montana woman charged with driving around her 16-year-old son and six others while they broke into cars in April has changed her plea.
Authorities said a 27-year-old man has been charged with drunk driving after he fell asleep in his car at a McDonald's drive-thru. A Benton County sheriff's deputy called to the drive-thru arrested the man early Sunday.
Rita Van Loenen had no idea that a trip in Thomas Chappell's taxi cab could end up being the ride that saves her life.
Prosecutors say they won't file any charges after police used a Taser to try to subdue a 76-year-old man driving an antique tractor during a parade in Glenrock.
French driver Romain Grosjean will replace Nelson Piquet Jr. behind the wheel of a Renault at Sunday's European Grand Prix.
Vermont State Police charged a New Jersey man with drunken driving after receiving a call about a car being driven backward on Interstate 89. Police said they received a report late Friday night of a motorist driving erratically — and at one point driving in reverse — in the southbound lanes in Berlin, south of Montpelier.
An Alaska woman who let her 7-year-old son drive while she was passed out drunk in the passenger seat has been sentenced to 20 days in jail. District Court Judge Raymond Funk also sentenced 37-year-old Karen Koch to three years of be on probation and six months of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Glenrock Police Chief Tom Sweet said two officers "probably didn't do things the best way" when they used a Taser on a 76-year-old man driving an antique tractor in a parade. Sweet spoke at a packed town hall meeting Monday, nine days after Bud Grose was hit with a Taser during the town's annual Deer Creek Days.
Nelson Philippe will drive in two more IndyCar races this season for Conquest Racing.
Police in Utah say a 7-year-old boy led officers on a car chase in an effort to avoid going to church.
A Harris County grand jury has declined to indict the father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver, who said three Houston police officers beat him during a traffic stop.
Mother's Terror as Bus Shuts Its Doors on Her and Drives Off With Her Five-year-old DaughterClaire Raddon"watched helplessly from the pavement as a bus driver shut the vehicle's doors in her face and drove off - with her five-year-old daughter on board."
Woman runs over by own SUV dies in NHBARNSTEAD, N.H.—Police in Barnstead, N.H., say a woman run over by her own sport utility vehicle has died.
Highway 880 Crash Erupts Into Fireball A driver was pulled from a fiery hit-and-run van crash on Highway 880 early Wednesday, just moments before the vehicle erupted into a fireball that slowed the morning commute, authorities said.
VideoBombing a Reporter [VID]I don't know reporter protocol here, but this may mean that they're going out now
Buttock-rubbing drink-driver tries to dance with cop A woman has found out the hard way that, if you've been pulled over for drink-driving, trying to dance with the police officer and rubbing your buttocks on his leg won't actually stop him arresting you.
Diana probe: al Fayed compensated-Title1,-Title1Problematic forensics errors clouded the investigation into the... "incident".
Dallas ticket for not speaking English called a rookie mistake A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said.
Flying Car CrashesThrough RoofAn Australian couple woke up in the early hours to the sight of a vehicle - passenger still in it - poking through their bungalow roof. More Articles
"Happy Splashing" driver facing charges for YouTube prankThe art of driving through a puddle and splashing pedestrians is nothing new. But now drivers have been warned they could face criminal charges for carrying out a drive-by-drenching.
Football Team's Bus Catches Fire There were some scary moments for members of a high school football team heading back to Jacksonville after an out-of-town win Friday night.
1,700 animals found in trunk of car A motorist is to be questioned by police after 1,700 animals were found crammed in the trunk of his car in Bari, Italy.
Taxi driver forces man to enter airport naked after fare dispute A Leipzig man was forced to traipse through the Munich airport naked after a taxi driver took all of his possessions when he couldn't pay his fare, daily Bild reported on Friday.
Neenah police search for driver in fatal hit-and-runNeenah Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson has some advice for the driver of a van that struck and killed a 56-year-old Neenah woman late Friday.
Police officer arrested for threatening driver An off-duty police officer with the city of Longboat Key was arrested Wednesday after Sarasota Police say she threatened a woman after she tried to turn her car around in the officer's driveway.
Drunk driving suspect: I got plastered after stopping the carA driver arrested in southern Sweden with a high concentration of alcohol in his blood has been cleared of any wrongdoing after convincing jurors that he first started drinking in the moments after he stopped his car.
Driver's Eye Struck By Rock; 18-Year-Old ChargedA young Belle Vernon man is charged in connection with a rock injury that left a female driver with stitches and deep, purple bruising around her right eye in Fayette County.
'Miracle Baby' survives car crash into home An 8-month-old baby crawled away with just a few scratches Sunday when a car plowed through the wall of his Albuquerque, New Mexico apartment and landed on his crib.
'Miracle' Man Survives 200ft FallA driver "miraculously" escaped alive after his car plunged over a 200ft (61m) cliff on Sunday, September 6, 2009.
I have a small business with 14 tractor / trailers and drivers of course. Well for those of you who don't know trucking, one of the worse parts of the job is loading and unloading.
Philippine Senator Files Bill on Driver Education[Manila, Philippines] SBN 3990 - An Act instituting a Driver Education Program, providing the implementing mechanisms therefor, and for other purposes Filed on August 17, 2009
Girl, 16, takes control of school bus after driver has heart attack and dies A New York teenager has been hailed as a hero for saving a school bus full of children after the driver suffered a heart attack and collapsed behind the wheel.
Grand Prairie Police: Bicyclist Gets Stuck In Car Window & Dies A Grand Prairie bicyclist was killed Saturday when a car hit him and he became lodged in one of its windows, police said.
UPS driver stole packages Authorities say a Cape Coral UPS driver stole hundreds of packages he was supposed to deliver.
Driver found dead in bullet-riddled car on Florida's Turnpike A shooting that led to a fatal car crash and turned a busy highway into a quiet crime scene Friday has left police with a mystery -- and they need witnesses to help them solve it.
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