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first DUI Victims Panel DUI Victims Panels DUI Victims Panels District Court Probation Services WHAT IS THE DUI VICTIMS PANEL? The DUI Victims Panel is a very informative and powerful tool to make people seriously think about and be confronted by the actual consequences of D riving U nder the I nfluence of Alcohol ( DUI ). District Court Judge David S. Admire and a citizen, Shirley Anderson, started the first DUI Victims Panel in Redmond, Washington. Judge Admire believed that the DUI offenders coming before him did not realize the seriousness of the possible consequences of drunk driving. Shirley Anderson knew the worst possible consequences, her son having been killed by a drunk driver. DUI offenders, and others who may benefit, were required to attend as a condition of their sentence. The use of this program has spread across Washington and the United States. Grays Harbor County's DUI Victims Panel started in May, 1991, and was organized by District Court Probation Director Mallin Shelton, with the assistance of Cheri Ranes, Department of Corrections; Jeff Ranes, Attorney; Linda Rose, Bremerton/Kitsap County Victims Panel; Nancy Welton, Traffic Safety Coordinator; and Judge Stephen Brown, Grays Harbor District Court. Since its beginning, The Grays Harbor DUI Victims Panel has been presented in most area schools, as well as continuing its regular program of panels over the course of each year. Recently, some panels have been presented in Spanish. If you are interested in participating on the panel, or if you are interested in having the panel presented to your school, please contact District Court Probation Services, Mallin Shelton, Director, Tel. (360) 249-6868. Additional information and videotaped presentations may also be available. About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives (NHTSA, 2000). Direct costs of alcohol-related crashes are estimated to be $50.8 billion yearly. An additional $63.9 billion is lost in quality of life due to these crashes (Miller, 1994). 2006 SCHEDULE OF DUI VICTIM PANELS All regularly scheduled presentations of the DUI Victims Panel will be held in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, first floor, County Administration Building, Montesano. MIP Programs are held in the Probation Department Offices, County Courthouse. To register , contact District Court Probation Services and pay the required fees at least one week prior to any program: (360) 249-6868 . 2006 Tuesday, Jan. 17, 6:45PM Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6:45PM Tuesday, Mar. 21, 6:45PM Tuesday, May 16, 6:45PM Tuesday, Jun. 20, 6:45PM Tuesday, Jul. 18, 6:45PM Tuesday, Sept. 19, 6:45PM Tuesday, Nov. 21, 6:45PM D esignate a sober driver. R eal friends won't let you drive drunk. U nder the influence, don't drive! N ever ride in a car with a driver who has been drinking. K now the risks and consequences of drunk driving. For every age between 5 and 32, traffic crashes are the single greatest cause of death - more than half are alcohol related (WAHAS). Drunk driving is the 4th leading cause of "accidental death" nationwide (WTSC). TAKING A STAND by Shannon Kempfer, age 11 To keep my body healthy, I will not use marijuana, alcohol, or any other kind of drug. I will say no when asked to use drugs. Finally, I won't do anything without thinking of the consequences of what could happen. To control my feelings when I have stress or am angry, I can talk to a friend about my problem. I can talk to my parents. I can go somewhere quiet by myself. If I have to decide whether or not to take a risk, I can think of the consequences of what might happen either way. If a friend tries to pressure me to use alcohol or drugs, I can ignore the person and not hang around him. I can find myself some new friend. I can try to help my friend so he won't use drugs or ask other people if they want to use drugs. If I want top do something fun or that offers adventure I can go somewhere with my friends. I can go to the mall. I can do a hobby I like to do a lot. If I see people using drugs on television I can turn to a different channel. I can do something else so that I'm not watching the program until the use of drugs or alcohol is over. Shannon wrote this on May 23, 1991. Shannon died on May 25th, 1995 - hit by a drunk driver. During the 2002 Labor Day Holiday, 300 (55.5%) of the 541 persons killed we in alcohol-related traffic crashes. In 2001, 17,419 person died in alcohol-related traffic crashes--an average of one every 32 minutes . These deaths constituted 41% of the 42,815 total traffic fatalities (NHTSA) Approximately 1.5 million drivers were arrested in 1999 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of one for every 121 licensed drivers in the United States. (NHTSA 2000) JENNIE'S STORY The summer of 1981 was an exciting time for my family and I. David, the older of our two sons, had graduated from Elma High School. He graduated with honors, received a scholarship and had been accepted at the University of Washington. He spent the summer coaching the McCleary Little League baseball team, playing slow pitch, working part-time and getting ready to start school. In August several fraternities had invited David to join and he had gone to Seattle twice to get acquainted. On Sunday of Labor Day weekend he made his third trip to the University to a party at the Psi Upsilon House, the fraternity he had chosen to join. The party was Sunday and he was to come home Monday evening. He called Monday night about 8:15 to say he would be late because he was playing a computer game. When he realized it was getting late, he knew I would be worried. I asked him if he had been drinking, he said no, not that day. I asked him if he was tired, he said no because he had slept in that day. I told him not to drive tired and he assured me that he wasn't, and we talked a little longer. He told me about the party the day before, the fun he had, and the new friends he had made. Before we said goodbye I told him I loved him, he said he loved me too, and would see me in the morning. Sometime later he started for home, but he never made it. Just south of Tacoma a drunk driver going north in the south bound lane hit him head on, killing both instantly. David was then hit by a third truck and all three vehicles burst into flames. The last driver was pulled out alive. When it was over David and the drunk driver were burned beyond recognition and the other driver was injured very seriously. My husband identified David over the phone by broken bone scars and by his class ring. My son came back in a body bag and the only thing that came home was his ring. We were told that the blood alcohol of the other driver was .13 and that was not really that drunk. But because someone we never met before chose to drink and drive our lives have been changed forever. DO VICTIM PANELS REALLY WORK? DUI Victim Panels are a powerful educational tool. By personalizing for the offender the possible consequences of DUI, the offense and the penalties it carries are set in proper perspective. In theory, DUI offenders who are confronted with this awesome information will form a lasting impression of the seriousness of the offense, and be less likely in the future to drink and drive. Another interesting aspect of DUI Victim Panels is that they make one more aware of the different kinds of DUI victims. Most of us mistakenly think of DUI victims as just those people who, through no fault of their own, are injured or killed in an accident caused by an impaired driver. Certainly those people are victims, but there are at least two other common types of DUI victims: partial victims and self-victims. "Partial DUI victims" are almost always passengers of impaired drivers. They are partially responsible for their injuries because they chose to entrust their safety to a drunk driver. "Self DUI victims", on the other hand, are DUI offenders. Self-victims are entirely to blame for the injuries they and other people incur in a drunk driving accident. Many self-victims spend years in prison, live ruined lives plagued by disabling and humiliating injuries, and suffer permanent stigma and shame for having injured or killed someone else. DUI victims of all types have immensely powerful stories to tell. Do Victim Panels work? Do they reduce DUI rates and recidivism? One study conducted in Clackamas County, Oregon, concluded that the creation of a victims impact panel program there reduced recidivism among first time offenders by almost forty percent! Drunk drivers are naturally afraid that they might injure or kill someone, but tend to minimize the severity of impaired driving. DUI Victims Panels powerfully convey the terrible risks of impaired driving. Education of this sort for DUI offenders is certain to lower DUI rates. WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT IT IS THE BEST DEFENSE A DRIVER OR PASSENGER CAN TAKE AGAINST A DRUNK DRIVER Grays Harbor County | District Court Home Page Grays Harbor County www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us
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California DWI LAWS D.W.I. dwi laws, DWI LAWS, D.W.I. Laws dwi laws, DWI LAWS, D.W.I. Laws: driving while intoxicated laws, laws aboutdwi The words dwi laws, DWI law, D.U.I, and "driving while intoxicated", are usedby DWI lawyers and DWI attorneys in United States DWI Law . The expression "DWI laws" is not found in the CriminalCode of Canada. Canadians use terminology other than "DWI laws" or "drivingwhile intoxicated laws". We use the words "impaired driving laws" or"impaired operation laws", or "impaired care or control laws" but not "drivingwhile intoxicated laws". In Canadian laws it is any impairment byalcohol or a drug of one's ability to operate a motor vehicle combined withoperation that is forbidden, not "driving while intoxicated". (DWI). The words "drive while intoxicated" in Canada implies that anindividual is drunk beyond the point of self-control. Provincial legislationauthorizes the arrest of intoxicated persons when there is an element of dangerto themselves. Intoxication may be a defence to serious criminal offences wherethe drunkenness directly interferes with the individual's capacity to intend todo something. When it comes to DWI law in Canada we don't use the words"drive while intoxicated" or D.W.I, DWI. Instead we focus on whetheror not the person's ability to operate the motor vehicle is "impaired"by alcohol. The prohibited level of impairment may be slight. In R. v. Stellato , 78C.C.C. (3d) 380 , the issue waswhether or not Canada's DWI offence required that the driver's conductdemonstrated a marked departure from that of a normal person. Chief JusticeLamer of the SupremeCourt of Canada agreed with the views of Mr. Justice Labrosse for the OntarioCourt of Appeal : "At trial, the Crown's evidence consisted of the testimony of thearresting officer and the breathalyzer technician who had observed the classicsigns of impairment: erratic driving, strong odour of alcoholic beverage, glassyand bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and unsteadiness on his feet. Both policeofficers had concluded that the appellant's ability to operate his vehicle wasimpaired by alcohol." "In his reasons, the trial judge stated: The question then remains as to whether those observations are sufficient or indeed whether in law what the court requires, in order to convict someone of this offence, [is] a marked departure from the standard. In that regard I have always had reference to the case of R. v. Winlaw, that is a decision of the Ontario District Court, as it then was, and His Honour Judge Salhany, a case reported at 13 M.V.R. (2d) 112, 6 W.C.B. (2d) 251, a judgment rendered some two years ago, December, 1988. There, the learned judge went through the law, as was presented to him, with respect to the law of impaired driving and I take that case to stand for the proposition that the section involved here, namely, s. 253(a), creates an offence of being impaired, not markedly impaired, but simply impaired, and it does not require evidence of a marked departure from a norm or standard of sobriety; any kind of impairment, even slight, was sufficient to constitute the offence." "The expression ''marked departure from what is usually consideredas the normal'' originated in the decision of the Alberta District Court in R.v. McKenzie (1955), 111 C.C.C. 317, 20 C.R. 412, 14 W.W.R. (N.S.) 500. This wasan appeal from a conviction on a charge of driving while ability was impaired.At p. 319, Sissons C.J.D.C. stated: There appears to be no single test or observation of impairment of control of faculties, standing alone, which is sufficiently conclusive. There should be consideration of a combination of several tests and observations such as general conduct, smell of the breath, character of the speech, manner of walking, turning sharply, sitting down and rising, picking up objects, reaction of the pupils of the eyes, character of the breathing. If a combination of several tests and observations shows a marked departure from what is usually considered as the normal, it seems a reasonable conclusion that the driver is intoxicated with consequent impairment of control of faculties and therefore that his ability to drive is impaired. I do not think such a finding should be made on a slight variation from the normal." ... "In R. v. Campbell (1991), 26 M.V.R. (2d) 319, 87 Nfld.& P.E.I.R. 269, 12 W.C.B. (2d) 155, the Prince Edward Island Court of Appealalso considered the test for impairment. Without specific reference to McKenzie,Mitchell J.A., speaking for the court, rejected the requirement for a markeddeparture from normal behaviour. At p. 320, he wrote: The Criminal Code does not prescribe any special test for determining impairment. It is an issue of fact which the trial Judge must decide on the evidence. The standard of proof is neither more nor less than that required for any other element of a criminal offence. Before he can convict, a trial Judge must receive sufficient evidence to satisfy himself beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused's ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol. It is not an offence to drive a motor vehicle after having consumed some alcohol as long as it has not impaired the ability to drive. However, a person who drives while his or her ability to do so is impaired by alcohol is guilty of an offence regardless of whether his ability to drive is greatly or only slightly impaired. Courts must therefore take care when determining the issue not to apply tests which assume or imply a tolerance that does not exist in law. Trial judges constantly have to keep in mind that it is an offence to operate a motor vehicle while the ability to do so is impaired by alcohol. If there is sufficient evidence before the Court to prove that the accused's ability to drive was even slightly impaired by alcohol, the Judge must find him guilty." ... "I agree with Mitchell J.A. in Campbell that theCriminal Code does not prescribe any special test for determining impairment. Inthe words of Mitchell J.A., impairment is an issue of fact which the trial judgemust decide on the evidence and the standard of proof is neither more nor lessthan that required for any other element of a criminal offence: courts shouldnot apply tests which imply a tolerance that does not exist in law. In all criminal cases the trial judge must be satisfied as tothe accused's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt before a conviction can beregistered. Accordingly, before convicting an accused of impaired driving, thetrial judge must be satisfied that the accused's ability to operate a motorvehicle was impaired by alcohol or a drug. If the evidence of impairment is sofrail as to leave the trial judge with a reasonable doubt as to impairment, theaccused must be acquitted. If the evidence of impairment establishes any degreeof impairment ranging from slight to great, the offence has been made out. In the present case, the trial judge applied the correct testfor impairment. There was sufficient evidence adduced at trial from which hecould find that the Crown had proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, that theappellant's ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol at thematerial time." It is also a "DWI laws"criminal offence in Canada to drive having more than 80 milligrams of alcoholper 100 mls of blood whether one's ability to drive is"influenced" (DWI) or not . Canada has two main substantive DWI law criminal offences: impaired operation or careor control , over 80 operation or careor control Section 253. Every one commits an offence who operates a motorvehicle or vessel or operates or assists in the operation of an aircraft orof railway equipment or has the careor control of a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft or railway equipment,whether it is in motion or not, (a) while the person's ability to operate the vehicle, vessel, aircraft or railway equipment is impaired by alcohol or a drug; or (b) having consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the concentration in theperson's blood exceeds eighty milligrams of alcohol in one hundred millilitresof blood. Impaired operation or care or control in Canada includes operation or care orcontrol of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft while one's ability to operateis impaired by alcohol or a drug to any degree of impairment. This DWI offence isproven by evidence of bad driving and various indicia of impairment observedsuch as slurred speech, difficulty with standing walking turning, red glassyglossy bloodshot eyes, dilated pupils, odor odour of an alcoholic beverage,complexion flushed face, and performance on physical tests. The DWI offence of excess blood alcohol or over 80 is usually proven by breathtests that determine blood alcohol concentration using and approved instrumentsuch as a Breathalyzer 900 900A or Intoxilyzer 5000C. Blood tests are used in DWIcases where breath testsare not practical to provide evidence of blood alcohol concentration. Both Canadian DWI laws are federal criminal law offences. The Crown inCanada can prosecute a DWI in either of two ways. DWI offences are hybridoffences in Canada. The Crown may prosecute a DWI offence by indictment (roughlysimilar to a US felony DWI) or they may prosecute a DWI offence by summaryconviction (roughly similar to a US misdemeanor). The local Crown Attorney mustelect whether to proceed with the D.U.I. by indictment or by summary conviction.Until he or she elects, the DWI offence is deemed to be prosecuted byindictment. Most Canadian DWI offences are prosecuted by summary conviction. The usual penalty for a first DWI offence in Canada is a fine. The minimumsecond DWI offence penalty is 14 days in jail. The minimum penalty for a third DWIis 90 days in jail. There is always a DWI driving prohibition and the local province will suspend a DWI offender's driver's licence . If a US citizen or other non-Canadian citizen is convicted of a DWI offencein the USA or a dwi offence in any country other than Canada, the DWI offenderwill be inadmissibleto Canada on grounds of criminality, unless rehabilitated , because the DWI offence is deemed to be a CanadianDWI offence and all Canadian DWI offences aredeemed indictable (similar to a US felony - see above) unless the Crown haselected to proceed with the DWI offence by summary conviction (which will neverhave happened because the DWI offense occurred outside Canada. The situationwill be different if the DWI offence occurs in Canada and the Crown elects toproceed by summary conviction which they normally do. Click the banner for more Canadian DWI laws information. DWI LAWS, D.U.I. Laws, or driving under the influencelaws is, however,an important concept used in the United States. For more detailed DWI legalinformation click on one of the links below: Alabama DWI LAWS D.W.I. 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