Fight A DUI

Courtesy of AZ Central.com: 

This week Arizona will enact one of the toughest DUI laws in the nation.

Hardest hit are first-time violators and a new class of “super extreme” DUI offenders whose blood-alcohol concentration registers 0.20 percent or above, which is more than double the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

Beginning Wednesday, new penalties include mandatory ignition-interlock devices for first-time offenders, increased fines and a minimum of 45 days in jail for super extreme DUI convictions.

The Mohave Daily News has an article about the death of Dustin Shamblin, 21, who was struck and killed on Highway 95 as he walked home following the DUi arrest of a friend.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 29, Dustin William Shamblin, 21, was walking northbound in the right lane of Highway 95 between Hulet and Jerome avenues when he was struck and killed, an Arizona Department of Public Safety report stated.

Shamblin and Regina Guarisco, 20, of Fort Mojave attended a Halloween party and were on their way home when Guarisco was stopped and arrested by sheriff deputies for misdemeanor driving under the influence, driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level more than 0.08 percent and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Guarisco was taken to county jail and the car towed leaving Shamblin, who was also intoxicated, alone on the roadway.

Police note that their policy prevents them from driving passengers home, though they apparently offered to call for a ride.