Jeff's Blog » Texas Legislature http://www.jeffrasansky.com Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Sobriety Checkpoints – Are DWI Stops in Texas’ Future? http://www.jeffrasansky.com/2013/01/sobriety-checkpoints-%e2%80%93-are-dwi-stops-in-texas%e2%80%99-future/ http://www.jeffrasansky.com/2013/01/sobriety-checkpoints-%e2%80%93-are-dwi-stops-in-texas%e2%80%99-future/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:06:57 +0000 Jeff Rasansky http://www.jeffrasansky.com/?p=563 Every year there’s an effort by politicians and groups like MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) to make sobriety checkpoints legal in Texas. It’s no surprise that with nearly 1,300 alcohol related driving fatalities in 2010 alone that concerned citizens want the Texas government to take a more proactive stand on preventing drunk driving. This past week San Antonio Police Deputy Chief Anthony Trevino asked the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to once again try to legalize sobriety checkpoints.

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