SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials cannot yet determine whether a new drunk driving law has caused a reduction in auto accidents. The Deseret News reported Saturday that Utah Highway Patrol statistics indicate the number of alcohol-related crashes fell in the first quarter of this year. Police could not […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has recorded an increase in DUI arrests after prohibiting driving with a blood alcohol level above the 0.05% limit. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that data from the Utah Highway Patrol shows more than 2,700 DUI arrests were made in the first three months of […]
SUMMIT PARK, Utah (AP) — A bus driver has been arrested for driving under the influence after his bus veered off a road in Summit Park. KUTV in Salt Lake City reported Monday that the Summit County Sheriff’s Office booked 43-year-old Jason Parker on charges including having a blood alcohol level above […]
Richfield City Police are going after DUIs and it’s starting to have some big financial benefits. According to Richfield City Police Chief Trent Lloyd, there’s a drug problem in the state and his officers are taking it seriously in DUI arrests and convictions. Richfield Police arrested 117 DUIs in 2018. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Recent figures suggest that the Utah Highway Patrol is seeing early success under a new state law that dropped the blood alcohol limit from .08% to .05%, the lowest threshold in the nation. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that Utah troopers say there were 134 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Public Safety says it arrested nearly 40 people under Utah’s new drunken driving law in its first month. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that 38 people were arrested in January under the state’s DUI law implemented that month. Authorities say the statute […]
MANUA, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah town’s police is accused of driving a police car while under the influence. The Utah Highway Patrol says troopers arrested Shane Zilles late Tuesday after he allegedly failed a field sobriety conducted after troopers saw a Mantua Police Department car being driven at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah troopers say they have arrested their agency’s first person under the state’s new lowered DUI threshold. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Street says the Tuesday-night arrest would have happened before the law went into effect, but the measure makes it more likely that the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The United States’ lowest DUI threshold takes effect this weekend in Utah. Lawmakers in the state approved the 0.05 percent blood-alcohol limit in 2017, and Gov. Gary Herbert signed it into law. The change goes into effect Sunday. Utah’s old limit was 0.08 percent, the […]
