Scott Adams and Chad Cotti are involved in an interesting study titled “Drunk driving after the passage of smoking bans in bars”. The study, published by Science Direct in January of this year, shows an increase in fatal accidents involving alcohol following the implementation of smoking bans in bars.

Mo Supreme Court ruled March 4 that if a DWI conviction was in a municipal court, with a suspended sentence, it cannot be counted because of an ambiguity in the statute.

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As reported by the Union Leader, a DWI mobile command center will be at sobriety checkpoints by midsummer. The van holds the technologies necessary to test blood and take fingerprints, has room for holding cells, computers and even a bail bondsman. The single van will be available to police throughout the state and will be used at target areas and DWI saturation points.

Liquor Commission enforcement division chief Eddie Edwards states that the van will be for "public safety, for public health and to generate revenue".