The INDsider -> Nathan Stubbs TUE, SEP 1 10:38AM by Nathan Stubbs

New DWI laws take effect

Stricter laws aiming to crack down on drunk driving go into effect at midnight tonight. Act 288, passed earlier this year by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jindal, increases the penalty for refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test to a mandatory one-year driver's license suspension (up from the current six month suspension). Suspects who refuse more than one test within a five-year period face a two year suspension of their license.

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written by Surfing Jesus , September 02, 2009 - 01:34 pm

Oh, no. More problems for the staff of the Independent.

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written by Straight Talker , September 02, 2009 - 10:41 pm

They should have a "field day" following the upcoming UL and SU game. Sit and Wait, they shall come. Serve drinks to an already rowdy crowd will only result in such cases.

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written by Solutions? , September 03, 2009 - 06:49 pm

Even though this will increase public safety, it severly infringes on peoples' right to not provide evidence against themselves.

Furthermore, the tipsy taxi service in Lafayette is under funded and under advertised. I am not suggesting a tax, but the bar owners are making a hell of a lot of money. They should contribute to a fund to protect themselves from these blue laws.

And I already know that you have to sign the back of your liscence, so please don't reply with that rhetoric.

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