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Henry family attorney contests police account of shooting; Pace lets lawyers interview students on campus
October 30th, 2010 | 
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BOSTON — At the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, where hundreds came Friday for Danroy Henry’s memorial service, his family’s lawyer again disputed the police narrative of Henry’s fatal shooting.
Published Oct 30, 2010.
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Drivin? That Train, High on Cocaine (well, Drivin? That Truck, Really)
The United States government, at this time, mandates pre-employment drug tests and then random drug and alcohol testing after being hired for all commercial truck drivers. The law specifically states that drivers with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) are subject to drug testing as are truck owner-operators with a CDL and motor carriers who employ drivers with a CDL.
A recent study by the Insurance Institute for Traffic Safety showed that 15% of all interstate truck drivers had marijuana in their system, 12% had stimulants (non-prescription), 5% had prescription stimulants, 2% had cocaine and less than 1% had alcohol in their system. The use of drugs and alcohol by truck drivers will, of course, increase the number of truck accidents on our nation’s roadways.
Alcohol
Just about everyone knows that you don’t have to be drunk to be impaired while driving. Even very low blood alcohol content (BAC) levels impair driving performance by reducing your reaction time and slowing the decision-making process. The federal government prohibits commercial truck drivers, railroad and mass transit workers, marine employees, and aircraft pilots from operating vehicles with a BAC at or greater than 0.04%. The number of accidents caused by intoxicated truck drivers has actually decreased in recent years. Statistics show that approximately only 1-3% of trucking accidents are caused by an impaired truck driver.
Marijuana
Many people believe (erroneously) that driving after smoking marijuana is safer than driving after drinking. This is simply not true. Marijuana can affect concentration, perception and reaction time as long as 24 hours after it is smoked. That is much, much longer than alcohol affects a driver’s behavior.
Marijuana has been found to be a factor in over 12% of fatal trucking accidents. In recent years, out of the truckers tested randomly for drugs and alcohol, a whopping 45% showed marijuana in their system.
Methamphetamine
Due to the ridiculously long hours truckers must drive to meet deadlines, they are always looking for ways to stay awake and alert to meet deadlines. It has been reported that 17 out of every 20 truckers say it is very easy to find methamphetamine at truck stops along their route. Truckers have recently been succumbing more and more to the powerful drug due to the fact it can keep people awake for several hours and sometimes days at a time. Surveys and roadside tests have indicated that one in five truckers use stimulants on some of their trips.
Originally published here.
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Be A Defensive Driver Not A Drunk Driver
I just want to compare the two and show how taking a simple dfensive driving course can do you a lot of good one thing it can do is save you money big money over time.
It seems that drunk driving is one of the top threats these days. The answer to the problem has been to revoke your license if you have been drinking and driving, which I think is a good idea. Even though we live in a free country they say that driving is a privlage and I can understand that, but why are we not focusing on the positive solutions such as defensive driving classes.
Defensive driving would not stop the problem, I would never think that but it would lessen the accidents for two reasons that I can see.
Reason one is that the more people that are knowledgeable on what to look for in a drunk driver could know how to avoid one and react by gettin help.
Reason two, there will always be deviance no matter how much society changes soon the problem will be FUIs FWI’s when the masses start using flying cars but hopfefully they will come equiped with some type of alcohol detector or autopiolit. The point is that the more people we educate the better chance of the roads being a better place.
The benefits of taking a defensive drivers course can be numerous depending on your situation. If you are a perfect driver already you may think it can’t help you but your probably wrong because it will save you money on your car insurnce. If you figure you pay the 30-100 dollars to take the course and your insurance bill drops by 10-30 dollars or more after one to three months you will have gotten that money back and now be bring home extra money.
Some other benifits of a defensive drivers course is can take points off you license. If you license have been suspended it can lift your suspension.
Just don’t choose to be a drunk driver because the cosequenses could be fatal, at the least you looking at your driving privliges being taken away.
On a final note driving under any influnce can be very hazordous even if you intoxicated on stress or driving while your tierd. So just be careful out there for your sake and mine, and if you plan on drinking get a designated driver.
Originally published here.
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