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A £70,000 Drink? Warns RoadSmart Charity

Posted on 9 December 2020 by Ken Zino

The charity has calculated that the personal financial cost of drink driving could be as high as £70,000 ($93,715) or more when considering fines, legal fees, higher car insurance premiums, alternative transport costs and potential loss of earnings following conviction. Continue reading →

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Laws Mandating DUI Interlocks Save Lives

Posted on 29 March 2018 by AutoCrat

Twenty-eight states, the District of Columbia and four California counties have some type of interlock requirement that applies to first-time offenders. If all states without such laws adopted them, more than 500 additional lives could be saved each year. Continue reading →

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Ford Motor Promotes Family Member Elena Ford to Vice President

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Ken Zino

Ford Motor Company said that Elena Ford is elected a vice president and leader of the company’s new Global Dealer and Consumer Experience organization starting this March. Ford is the great-great granddaughter of Henry Ford and the granddaughter of Henry Ford II. Ford earned a bachelor’s degree in Business from New York University. Continue reading →

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FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt Resigns Because of DWI

Posted on 6 December 2011 by Ken Zino

Randy Babbitt, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration – FAA – resigned today because he was arrested over the weekend for driving while intoxicated. Babbitt, 65, took over the job as a political appointee under the Obama Administration in 2009 Continue reading →

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Elena Ford Guilty of Driving While Intoxicated in Detroit Suburb

Posted on 21 April 2011 by Ken Zino

Elena Ford, 44, of Birmingham, MI and New York City told the judge “This is a complete embarrassment to my family, especially having my son in the car. “I embarrassed my friends and the people I work with,” she said. Continue reading →

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