Thursday, June 23, 2011

Finding Locations for Your Vending Machine

In the vending machine business, sometimes finding locations that are willing to allow you to place your machines on their premises can be tough. There are many reasons why this problem might occur. It could be that the space has already been filled by another vending machine company or maybe it could have something to do with the type of product you’re trying to place. Let’s face it, you’re not going to have any luck trying to place a soda machine in a health food store.

The process of finding locations to place your vending machine does not have to be difficult. With the right match of location to vending machine product, placing your vending machine becomes easy! For example, Alco-Buddy, an alcohol breathalyzer vending machine, would be the perfect type of vending machine for a bar or nightclub establishment. It’s the type of revolutionary new product that not very many establishments have seen yet and holds the potential to help reduce the amount of drink drivers on the road in the community.

Most bar and club owners are more than willing to place the Alco-Buddy inside their establishment. The novelty of the Alco-Buddy alcohol breathalyzer vending machine will help attract more business to his/her establishment. With it’s bold colors and flashing lights, the Alco-Buddy is sure to lure in tons of new patrons. The Alco-Buddy will actually help the business owner make more money!

What’s more is that the Alco-Buddy doesn’t cost the business owner a penny to be installed! The machine uses virtually no electricity and a negotiated percentage of the profits from the machine are split with the owner.

At the beginning, you’re going to have to dedicate a lot of time to placing your vending machines. With a product like the Alco-Buddy, getting machines placed can not only be a breeze, but you might make some new friends along the way. Once you’ve established a substantial route, you won’t have to spend so much time placing machines anymore. But servicing the machines is a process that should be done at least every month. Keeping a well-maintained route is also key to developing long-lasting relationships with the business owner and might even help you get recommended in the future! A healthy vending route should replacing about 5% of their locations a year. New customers will come and old customers will go. But the process of installing and uninstalling the Alco-Buddy is effortless, making it simple to recycle the use of your machines!

Affiliate with a community project or not-for-profit organization and double your chances of getting your machine placed. Not only will it make money for the charity, but if a business owner knows that part of the proceeds will be donated to charity, it is even more likely for them to agree to let you place the Alco-Buddy in their establishment.

To find out more about the Alco-Buddy and its related products, visit www.AlcoBuddy.com today!

The Alco-Buddy User Experience

No matter how useful a vending machine product may be, it’s not always the product that attracts new customers. The user experience is also extremely important which is why Alco-Buddy, the leading manufacturer of alcohol breathalyzer vending machines has designed a product that not only looks and functions exceptionally, but also plays a major part in helping communities fight drunk driving.

The Alco-Buddy is the most advanced alcohol breathalyzer vending machine on the market and its revolutionizing how communities battle drunk driving in their area. The National Highway and Safety Administration works hard to create community-based systems to help fight drunk driving. But none of their efforts can compare to the sleek design and novelty appeal that the Alco-Buddy possesses.

The boldly colored, powder-coated exterior of the Alco-Buddy is made from 16 gauge, tamper proof, galvanized steel. It’s virtually scratch, dent, burn and water resistant! It’s high-quality design is what sets the Alco-Buddy apart from the rest.

Law enforcement agents hail the machine for being responsible for saving the lives of people in their community each year. There’s no other tool as useful and inexpensive in helping to fight drunk driving. Taking a breathalyzer test after being pulled over by police, or worse, after causing a fatal accident, is much too late. For the test to be effective, it should be taken BEFORE getting behind the wheel. Unfortunately, it’s not often that drinkers have access to a reliable test to determine whether they’re too drunk to drive.

Alco-Buddy solves that problem and provides a safe and reliable way to gauge your BAC (blood alcohol content) before it’s too late. It’s a foolproof way to determine whether you should hire a taxi to drive you home. Anyone who’s used the Alco-Buddy will tell you how incredible it is to use the machine. The high-tech credit card reader and bill accepter allows the patron to pay using almost any method of payment, ensuring a pleasing and trouble-free experience. Customers will not only return to use the machine again, but will recommend it to friends, making the Alco-Buddy one of the highest grossing vending machine products and most useful in preventing accidents and DWI.

Combining this easy-to-use product with an irresistible eye-catching design and lifesaving potential makes for quite a successful business venture. Purchase Alco-Buddy for an amazingly affordable startup fee and start placing alcohol breathalyzer machines in your area. Find out how you can be a part of the Alco-Buddy team while also helping to fight the war against drunk driving in your community. Visit www.AlcoBuddy.com for more information. It’s guaranteed to save lives!

The Key to Stopping Drunk Driving?

Don’t drink and drive!! It is a slogan we hear from the time we are in elementary school; they try to drill it into us like they drill our letters and numbers. Even before we really understand what alcohol is, we’re ordered not to consume it and then drive.

Nevertheless, people still do. It seems that everywhere you turn there’s another tragic story of an accident that happened because an inebriated person got behind the wheel of a car. This epidemic – for it can rightly be called such – has been the subject of legal measures, societal stigma, and preventative education, but it still has not been “cured.” Frustrating, no?

Also extremely frustrating is the simple, easy solution that everyone seems to miss. It’s easy to take a person’s blood alcohol level these days with a breathalyzer test. Police officers carry them as a matter of course, after all. But there is no easy access to a breathalyzer outside law enforcement, is there?

The Alco-buddy aims to change all of that. The Alco-buddy is a breathalyzer machine, about the size of a large backpack and made of galvanized steel, meant to be mounted at eye level on a barroom wall. It vends straws – any kind may be used – and walks the customer through the process of testing their blood alcohol level using a digital video screen. The eye-catching design ensures that people will be curious enough to come over and look at it.

The Alco-buddy is the best of its kind, featuring the best alcohol sensor. The alcohol sensor only needs to be changed once every eight hundred to one thousand one hundred uses, and a replacement sensor is only one hundred dollars. It is also a globally useful machine, as it can be programmed for any language and any currency, and can be customized to accept credit cards as well. In the states, it will accept ones, fives, tens, and twenty-dollar bills, though you can set it so that it only accepts up to four bills during any one use. All of these features are controlled by nine switches inside of the Alco-buddy, making it easy to customize pretty much every aspect of your breathalyzer vending machine.

But these features, among others, are not the reason why the Alco-buddy makes a great investment for any bar or other drinking establishment. The Alco-buddy is not a mere vending machine; It is a vending machine that is entirely capable of saving people’s lives if given the chance. I’m of the opinion that many drunk drivers would not drive if they were aware of their blood-alcohol levels; cold, hard numbers have a way of doing that, I suppose.

Alco-Buddy, 21 Century Vending

Over the past decade, there have been radical new changes taking place in the vending machine industry. Bulk vending is a thing of the past and full line vending has suffered plummeting profits due to economic reasons. But the latest technological advancements in vending have led Alco-Buddy, a Long Island based vending machine manufacturer, to design a product that not only keeps up with the rapidly changing trends in vending, but also helps keep the community safe!

Forget about soft drinks and junk food machines! Alco-Buddy is an alcohol breathalyzer vending machine that delivers a one-of-a-kind service that is turning the vending industry on its head! The company’s revolutionary idea combines the latest technological advancements in alcohol breathalyzer tests with a sleek and attractive design. Users of the machine are charged a small fee for the opportunity to blow into the machine, using a provided straw, to find out if they are too drunk to get behind the wheel. Vendors place the Alco-Buddy, free of charge, in establishments that are popular for serving alcohol. In return, a percentage of the profits are split with the business owner.

This one-of-a-kind, service is a highly profitable business endeavor, even during times of recession. Alco-Buddy vending operators earn higher revenues, have lower operating costs and less hassle that other types of vending machine services. And their innovative machines increase profits for both the vending operators AND the locations at which they are placed.

Alco-Buddy helps you get your business off the ground. The company personally helps you maximize your earnings by providing you with unmatched technical support and a product that will bring you larger profit margins and increased revenue streams.

Another advantage of partnering with a company at the forefront of technology is that the Alco-Buddy has the ability to come equipped with a credit card reader for debit and credit cards, an LCD video screen to display advertisements that can be sold for extra revenue, remote monitoring technology that allows you to watch your profits grow online in real-time and more! The machine can even be customized to suite your design needs. The company will enhance your machine in any way to help increase your sales, provide a better consumer experience and maximize your profits.

Time and time again, the safety conscious technology of Alco-Buddy has been proven to sell. The attractive, high tech design is hard to resist. Placing the machine in prime locations will also help increase sales. The Alco-Buddy alcohol breathalyzer vending machine is 100% safe and primed for optimum success. Together with the helpful staff at Alco Buddy, you can make a great living and make a serious difference in in your community by keeping drunk drivers off the road!

Find out more about Alco-Buddy and its related products at www.alcobuddy.com.

Drunk driver ran over girlfriend as she slept during camping trip

A drunk man who took his girlfriend's car then ran her over as she slept in a tent during a camping trip was ordered to carry out community service.

David Owen left Louise Graham with burns to her arm, hand and stomach that needed skin grafts and months of treatment leaving her permanently scarred in St Andrews, Fife.

After he ran her over, Owen demanded that none of the group on the beach camping trip phone an ambulance because he was scared police might get involved.

Sheriff Charlie Macnair QC opted not to jail Owen, who has previous convictions for housebreaking, assault, breach of the peace and theft.

On Thursday the 21-year-old, who was released from a four-month jail term for stealing a case of beer from a Co-op store in Cupar last week, was placed on probation for two years and ordered to do 250 hours community service.

An earlier trial at Cupar Sheriff Court heard Ms Graham was forced to drive back to Owen's home in Dairsie, near Cupar, Fife, where an ambulance was eventually called to rush her to hospital.

A jury heard how Ms Graham had driven Owen, his sister Emma and his friend Andrew McKenna to West Sands, which sits adjacent to the world famous Old Course.

She told how she fell asleep while Owen and the rest of the group sat drinking cider outside. She said she then woke up to find the car on top of her.

Ms Graham described how she woke up feeling like she was “suffocating and burning" as the car was on top of her.

Owen, of Station Road, Dairsie, Fife, denied that on October 8 or 9, 2008 he took Ms Graham's car without permission. He further denied culpably and recklessly driving it over her while under the influence of alcohol to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement.

But the jury of nine men and six women took 40 minutes to find him guilty of both charges.

Owen's lawyer told the court that Owen wanted to put his life of crime behind him - and settle down with new girlfriend Gemma McHugh after becoming step-father to her four-year-old son.

Paddy O'Dea, defending, added: "He was released from his previous sentence on June 11. He is now in part-time employment in the construction industry and is living with his partner."

Sheriff Charlie Macnair told Owen: "The jury found you guilty of two charges of taking a vehicle without consent and of culpable and reckless conduct that resulted in serious injury and permanent disfigurement to your then girlfriend.

"Had you deliberately ran her over then I would have been sentencing you to a very lengthy period in prison.

"But this is not the case - and having regard to the nature of the conduct I consider that I'm just able to deal with this by way of a non-custodial sentence."

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Study Suggests Lowering DUI Limit

Drinking and driving is notoriously known for being dangerous, but it turns out that imbibing even one drink can seriously impair a driver.

University of California sociologist David Phillips and coauthor Kimberly M. Brewer found that blood-alcohol levels below the legal limit of 0.08 percent are still associated with injury and death-related vehicle accidents. The UC San Diego study, published in the journal “Addiction,” displayed that as little as one drink can impair a driver enough to cause a fatal or severe accident.

Phillips and Brewer looked at data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which includes information on all U.S. people involved in fatal car accidents. They examined the ratio of severe injuries to minor ones.

The data set had nearly 1.5 million people between 1994 and 2008. It covered all times of day accidents were reported and the blood-alcohol content of those involved by increments of 0.01 percent.

"Accidents are 36.6 percent more severe even when alcohol was barely detectable in a driver's blood," Phillips said.

Even with a BAC as low as 0.01, Phillips and Brewer discovered there are 4.33 serious injuries for every non-serious injury versus 3.17 for sober drivers.

"Compared with sober drivers, buzzed drivers are more likely to speed, more likely to be improperly seat-belted and more likely to drive the striking vehicle, all of which are associated with greater severity,” Phillips said.

The severity of the accident also seems to increase with BAC. Phillips and Brewer found that higher BAC correlated directly with increased average speed of the driver.

The findings persist even when such potentially confounding variables as inattention and fatigue are excluded from the analysis.

Eloisa Orozco, executive director of San Diego’s Mother’s Against Drunk Driving, said the study brings up a lot of points about drinking and driving.

“If you’re going to drink at all, don’t drive,” she said. “When in doubt, have a designated driver, it’s the best way.”

Phillips said he hopes this study will shed light to lawmakers regarding drinking.

"We hope that our study might influence not only U.S. legislators, but also foreign legislators, in providing empirical evidence for lowering the legal BAC even more," Phillips said. "Doing so is very likely to reduce incapacitating injuries and to save lives."

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Romeoville PD Among Top 100 for Handing Out DUIs

As we head into one of the most dangerous times of year for drunk driving—the Fourth of July—a survey ranks the Romeoville Police Department 75th in the state for arrests for driving under the influence (DUI). That’s out of nearly 700 departments that participated in the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists’ (AAIM) 21st annual DUI survey. The anti-drunk-driving organization released the results of the survey Tuesday.

Romeoville reported 99 DUI arrests in 2010, ranking 75th among the reporting departments and tying with the Woodridge and Rosement police departments. The Rockford Police Department was ranked No. 1 with 727 arrests, and Naperville Police handed out the second-highest number of DUI citations in the state, dishing out 671 DUI arrests in 2010.

The department rankings factor in only the number of DUIs handed out in that year and do not account for population or number of sworn officers.

However, according to the survey, Romeoville police average 1.57 DUIs per officer, compared with Naperville (4.02 per officer), Channahon (4.40), Plainfield (3.12), Minooka (2.75), Lemont (2.45).

Joliet, which ranked #42 with 171 DUI arrests, had a lower rate with .65 DUIs per officer, along with Bolingbrook, which showed 1.42 DUIs per officer, and Yorkville, with 1.35 DUIs per cop.

An earlier AAIM survey shows that in 2009, Romeoville ranked 68th with 118 DIU arrests.

“AAIM is always particularly pleased to announce the increases in impaired driving arrests,” said AAIM board vice president and crash survivor Marti Belluschi in a news release.

“Traffic safety advocates believe that drunk drivers who are arrested are the fortunate ones. In our impaired driving prevention programs, we always remind people that if they are driving drunk they are lucky if it is a cop that stops them, rather than a tree, another car or a small child."

The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists is an Illinois-only citizen activist group founded in 1982 by victims of drunken driving. The Alliance’s mission revolves around prevention, victim advocacy and legislation. A grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation funded the survey.

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Sheriffs Will Conduct DUI Checkpoint

A DUI/DL Checkpoint will be conducted on Friday, June 24, from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. by personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Risk Management Bureau’s Traffic Services Detail. The checkpoint will be conducted in the City of Santa Clarita.

Traffic volume and weather permitting, all vehicles may be checked and drivers who are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs will be arrested. The objective is to send a clear message to those who are considering driving a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol and/or drugs: Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest.

The public is encouraged to help keep roadways safe by calling 911 if they see a suspected impaired driver.

A major component of these checkpoints is to increase awareness, as well as educate the public, on the dangers of impaired driving and to encourage sober designated drivers. By publicizing these enforcement and education efforts, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department believes motorists can be deterred from drinking and driving, which ultimately will save lives.

All too often, members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. Alcohol impaired deaths make up the largest number of vehicle fatalities, with 31 percent of all vehicle fatalities caused by a drunk driver.

A DUI/DL checkpoint is an effective and proven method in lowering alcohol related traffic deaths. This DUI/DL checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies, as well to insure that drivers possess a valid driver’s license.

Statewide, overall traffic deaths have declined 23 percent from 3,995 in 2007 to 3,081 in 2009 and total traffic fatalities are at their lowest level in six decades. DUI deaths have declined from 1,132 in 2007 to 950 in 2009, which is a decrease of over 16 percent.

A first time DUI conviction could cost someone anywhere between $6,000 to $10,000 when all the potential fines, fees, classes, lawyers, work days missed, and increased insurance for years to come have been factored in.

Funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety administration.

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Summer drunken driving crackdown kicks off in state

Summertime in Michigan means trips to the beach, barbecues and ball games, but it also means extra police officers on the road during the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” crackdown.

Law enforcement agencies in 35 counties across the state will work stepped up drunk driving patrols July 1-10, which will include the heavily traveled July 4th weekend.

The effort is paid for with federal funds earmarked for traffic safety enforcement and administered by the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP).

Grant-funded counties in southeast Michigan are Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Sanilac, Washtenaw and Wayne.

While the focus of this effort is drivers under the influence of alcohol, officers will be arresting any impaired driver and removing not only drunk drivers from the roadway, but also those under the influence of drugs, OHSP director Michael L. Prince said.

Although Michigan has experienced a decrease in alcohol-related crashes, fatalities and arrests, it has noted an increase in drug-involvement in traffic crashes and injuries. In 2009, drugs accounted for an additional 83 injuries and 89 crashes compared to 2008. In 2010, drug-involved fatalities increased by 29 percent with 153 motorists killed in crashes involving drugs. Some of that increase can be attributed to expanded testing requests.

In 2010, 357 people died in alcohol and/or drug-related crashes including two during the July 4th holiday period.

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Crackdown required on drunk driving

GRAND FALLS - Premier David Alward says there has been a "relaxation" in the attitudes of New Brunswickers towards drinking and driving and that a crackdown is necessary to curb that sentiment.

Alward made the comments after a cabinet meeting in Grand Falls on Wednesday when asked about Hampton provincial court Judge Henrik Tonning's pledge to jail all drunk drivers in court before him.

"That's not for me to support or not support, it's a decision he is taking," Alward said. "But I believe we needed tough drunk driving legislation, we have seen a relaxation from people with drinking and driving, and that is one of the reasons why we brought forward tougher legislation.

"There is no secret what my position is on drunk driving and as a government we have already come forward with tougher rules for those who choose to drink and drive."

Starting June 24, drivers will have their licence suspended for a week if they are caught with a roadside breathalyzer reading between 0.05 and 0.08 - even though they're below the legal limit.

The change is under the provincial Motor Vehicle Act. Currently, the suspension is only 24 hours.

The legal blood alcohol concentration limit in Canada is 0.08 per cent.

Judge Tonning's decision on tougher penalties comes as a rising number of Kings County people were getting behind the wheel after having too much to drink. For months now Crown prosecutors in the region have been asking judges for mandatory jail time for first-time impaired driving convictions and some of them have had success in getting the sentence handed down.

Alward was in Grand Falls for what was a cabinet field day of sorts after the province's ministers met behind closed door on Tuesday evening and again on Wednesday morning.

It was the second time the Alward cabinet was on the road, after it first held a meeting in Eel River Bar earlier this year.

Ministers fanned out over the community. Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud was said to have visited a bio technology research centre at the local community college.

Environment Minister Margaret-Ann Blaney headed to Laforge Farms, a 600-acre dairy operation in Grand Falls with a $2.35 million biomass energy project aimed at generating enough energy to run 200 homes annually.

Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup checked out a local fish growing operation. Energy Minister Craig Leonard was to be on a tour of the Grand Falls Generating Station.

Education Minster Jody Carr was said to be visiting a local school.

Alward met with a local francophone school before meeting with stakeholders in the area over lunch. He then zip lined over the Grand Falls gorge with local MLA Danny Soucy, and was later scheduled to take a ride on a pontoon boat that navigates the waters he rocketed over hours before.

Alward said the day was part of a citizen engagement pledge.

"We will continue to do it because it gives MLAs and cabinet ministers a better appreciation of each region of the province, but at the same time it gives people in the regions a chance to have contact and understand what is going on as well," he said.

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Drunken Driver Hit Boy, Picked Up Hubcap, Left

DENVER -- Charges have been filed against a woman accused of hitting a boy on a bicycle with her car, then driving away.

Prosecutors said Brittany Gonzales, 21, was driving drunk when she hit a 11-year-old boy on a bicycle at Irving Street and Dakota Avenue on Saturday.

Gonzales is accused of stopping her car to pick up a hubcap, then driving away without reporting the crash or helping the boy, prosecutors said.

Police said they found Gonzales' car and arrested her later a short time later.
Gonzales is charged with vehicular assault, child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI, prosecutors said.

She was released from jail on a $50,000 bond.

The boy was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. He was still hospitalized on Wednesday when the charges were filed.

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Ryan Dunn's Car Crash Reconstruction, Drunk Driving at Over 130 MPH

Ryan Dunn was traveling at a speed exceeding 130 miles per hour, Pennsylvania police have concluded in their preliminary investigation into the crash that killed him early Monday morning. According to CNN, not only does the crash reconstruction investigation show an excessive rate of speed but preliminary tests indicate that the "Jackass" star was also far past the legal alcohol limit when he got behind the wheel of his black Porsche.

In a statement issued Wednesday, West Goshen Police Chief Michael Carroll said, "The initial crash reconstruction investigation determined that Mr. Dunn's vehicle was traveling between 132-140 mph at the time of the collision."

Carroll also noted that the toxicology tests conducted by the coroner indicated that Dunn's blood alcohol content was 0.196 percent, which is more than twice the state level of legal intoxication (0.8 percent). The coroner, who issued a preliminary autopsy report Tuesday, also found that the violence of the car crash left him unable to determine which killed the 34-yar-old Dunn and his 30-year-old passenger, Zachary Hartwell -- blunt force trauma or the nearly instantaneous fire that engulfed the Porsche subsequent to the crash.

West Goshen Police were called to the scene of a fiery crash outside of West Chester, Pennsylvania, at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning. The police report revealed that responding officers found a single car crashed alongside the highway and "engulfed" in flames. Dunn, who police said was driving the car, was identified by tattoos and the fact that the car was registered in his name. Hartwell was not immediately identified.

The story of the "Jackass" star's death immediately made headline news and set off a firestorm of traffic on the Internet. Besides words of condolences and support for the families of Dunn and Hartwell, the age-old argument against the dangers of drinking and driving became the topic of the day, sparked by a picture of Dunn, Hartwell, and another man drinking in a bar that was posted to Dunn's Twitter account about two hours prior to the crash.

Dunn, easily singled out from the "Jackass" crew by his signature beard, rose to fame through the MTV reality series "Jackass" and the following movie franchise. At the time of his death, he was involved in a series project on the G4 Channel called "Proving Ground," a show dedicated to recreating iconic scenes and events from various media sources (television, movies, video games) in a real world setting to see if they could be done. The show debuted on June 14. Upon news of his death, TMZ reported that the G4 Channel canceled future scheduled shows.

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CHP says driver in fatal crash was very drunk

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Investigators say the California driver of a car that flipped, killing two passengers, had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal driving limit.

San Luis Obispo County prosecutors say 21-year-old Evan Alexander Green, a Chico State University student, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, drunken driving and driving without a license.

The California Highway Patrol says Green lost control of his 2004 Saturn automobile early Friday and rolled his car on an Avila Beach roadway, killing 21-year-old Marcus Alex Nelson of Castro Valley and 21-year-old Aaron Beaver of Eureka.

The San Luis Obispo County Tribune says two tests showed Green's blood-alcohol levels were 0.245 and 0.232 percent. California's legal limit for driving is 0.08.

Green is free on $150,000 bail pending a July 11 hearing.

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Friday, June 10, 2011

The Most Profitable Coin-operated Hair Iron in History

Hair. Long, short, curly, wavy, straight – every woman has it, and every woman wants it to be perfectly in style. Of course, fashion is a fickle, fickle thing; it changes every season, after all. This means that many women are locked in a never-ending battle with their hair. Many of these women turn to hair irons in order to win this battle.

Of course, the major difficulty in relying on a hair iron to achieve that “perfect look” is that, well, there are lots of places where having a hair iron on hand would be very, very useful, among which are gymnasiums, pools, high school and college locker rooms, and nightclubs. Any place where there is strenuous physical activity like running, dancing, or working out, a woman’s hair will get wet and sweaty, and that ruins any hairstyle worth its salt. That seems like something of an inconvenience, but how can it be rectified?

Well, quite easily, it turns out, thanks to Fashion Vending USA’s new Glamour-Buddy. The Glamour-Buddy is a coin-operated hair iron vending machine marketed toward the places mentioned above with the aim of providing women with easy access to a widely used item while offering another source of profit for the owners of public venues. The idea of a coin-operated hair iron is by no means a new one, but the Glamour-Buddy is definitely the most efficient and profitable of these irons in their history, and so is the one most likely to bring the idea into the mainstream.

Why is that, you ask? Well, it all has to do with the features. The Glamour-Buddy is absolutely chock full of them, actuelly. We can begin with the most important feature, the hair iron itself. The iron within the Glamour-Buddy is made by TAHE Industries and is of a professional quality. It has ceramic and tourmaline plates that avoid causing the heat-damage that’s ubiquitous amongst all-metal irons, and it heats up evenly in under thirty seconds. As for the vending machine, it is hygienic, highly autonomous, and highly adaptable.

It keeps the TAHE hair iron at bacteria-destroying high temperatures in between uses, soothing any fears of contamination that even the most germophobic customer might have. The autonomy comes from the very, very large amount of space in the stacker – it can hold up to five hundred bills or three thousand coins. Finally, the Glamourbuddy can learn two languages, be reprogrammed for any currency and any language in the world, and can even take credit cards if you want it to. Fashion Vending USA takes great pride in the usefulness and adaptability of its Glamour-Buddies; that much is definitely obvious.

If you’re interested in more information about the Glamour-Buddy, check out Fashion Vending USA’s website, www.fashionvendingusa.com

Alco-Buddy Helps Local Communities Fight the War against Drunk Driving

Drunk driving is a serious problem in the United States. Of fatal accidents in 2009, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) calculated that 32 percent involved alcohol-impaired drivers and more than 181 children were killed due to drivers who were drunk. These are innocent victims whose lives were affected by an irresponsible drunk driver. More and more, local communities are depending on an integrated community-based approach to sanction offenders.

In Suffolk County, NY, The Special Traffic Options Program for Driving While Intoxicated (STOP-DWI) program has helped reduce the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities and injuries in New York State. According to the Suffolk County Government website, the program requires the county government to implement a yearly plan of action that addresses impaired enforcement, prosecution, probation, rehabilitation, public information and education. What’s unique is that the program is supported by fines collected from the people convicted of alcohol and/or drug related traffic infractions in that county. The program is completely funded by drunk drivers, allowing the county to step up prosecution, conduct rehabilitation and education activities, implement an active public awareness campaign and add extra police patrols and DWI checkpoints – all on the offenders’ dime.

But law enforcement agents in New York are now voicing concern over a new application for smartphones that is capable of pinpointing DWI checkpoints, speed traps and red light cameras using GPS data. The technology gives drunk drivers the ability to escape detection. New York State Senator, Charles Schumer, questioned the legality and morality of these apps at the inaugural hearing of the Privacy and Technology Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee back in March. The Senator was instrumental in getting Blackberry makers, Research in Motion, to remove these apps from their smartphones. However, Google and Apple are still refusing to remove the apps from the Android and iPhone, insisting that the applications do not violate their terms of service.

Of course, the ability to evade DWI checkpoints using a smartphone app is not the kind of integrated community-based approach that the NHTSA had in mind. But an innovative vending machine manufacturer in Holbrook, NY, has designed a product that can help fight drunk driving on the community level. Alco-Buddy, the revolutionary new alcohol breathalyzer vending machine, is quickly becoming a valuable tool to help communities reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road without having to increase police patrol. The concept is simple. Business owners who serve alcohol in their establishments allow distributors to install the vending machine on their wall, free of charge. In return, the distributor splits a percentage of the Alco-Buddy’s profits with the business owner. It’s a win/win situation that also helps drinkers determine whether they’re too intoxicated to get behind the wheel before leaving the establishment. What’s more is that the Alco-Buddy is also equipped to boldly display taxi and limo service information, making it simple for drinkers to find an alternative way home.

With the increase of drunk driving arrests and convictions in combination with the latest alcohol related accident statistics, it’s clear to see why a product such as the Alco-Buddy can benefit the entire community. It not only brings a distinctive novelty to the local bars, pubs and restaurants, but it also makes the roads safer for everyone. To find out more about the Alco-Buddy and related products, visit www.alcobuddy.com or call 1.888.925.2628

The Alco-Buddy – A Drunk-Driving Deterrent

It seems that every time someone turns around, there’s another story in the paper or on televised news broadcasts about some tragedy or another involving drunk driving. It’s pretty safe to say that drunk driving is kind of a huge problem in America, and there’ve been dozens of measures and debates made about preventing it and the deaths it continues to cause. Legal measures, social stigma, it seems like pretty much every trick in the book has been tried.

However, it seems that there’s one glaring omission in the crusade against drunk driving. Nobody ever talks about the availability, or, really, lack thereof, of breathalyzer testing. Sure, police officers carry breathalyzers as a matter of course, but not every drunk driver gets pulled over for reckless driving before it’s too late and someone’s been hurt or killed by the recklessness they’ve shown. It seems rather unfair that you already have to be posing a threat to just find out that your blood alcohol level is dangerously high. It’s an unfortunate truth, and a simple solution has been mainly ignored.

Until now.

The Alco-Buddy is a breathalyzer machine meant to be mounted at eye-level in a barroom. Its catchy designs draw the attention of curious passers-by, and it’s large enough (about the size of a large backpack; 18 x 12 x 6 inches) to be obvious. It is made of galvanized steel and has a digital video screen that will guide a patron through the steps to test their blood alcohol level. It’s accurate to within .01 of your actual blood alcohol level, and it takes between 800 and 1100 uses to finish off the alcohol sensor. This sensor is the longest-lasting in the business, and, coupled with the six-hundred straw capacity, this means that you don’t have to worry too much about changing the sensors and straws too often. The machine can be customized with your own ads, your own currency, and even can replace the bills-and-coins, traditional payment mechanism with a credit card slot. Easy to use switches control the accepted currency, language, and amount of payment from inside the Alco-Buddy, making the thing even more efficient and adaptable. It’s also profitable due to its relative cheapness – the alcohol sensor I mentioned before only costs one hundred dollars to be replaced, after all.

These are only some of the features of the Alco-Buddy, but it really isn’t the features that make me think of this as a worthy investment. What makes this a worthy investment is almost absurdly simple – it offers a service that nearly no one else does, and this is one of the best services one can offer, because it is a service that can save lives.

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The Alco-Buddy – A True Friend To Any Barroom

There’s no doubt that one of society’s biggest issues these days is that of drunk driving. It seems that every time you turn around, there’s another story in the paper or on the news about this or that tragedy on the road brought on by drunk driving. It’s an unfortunate truth that people never feel as drunk as they actually are, and these people are the people who wind up endangering the rest of us when they get behind the wheel.

The Alco-Buddy can help change all of that, though. It is a machine designed to work like a police breathalyzer test, showing a patron exactly how much alcohol they’ve consumed, within .01 of their blood-alcohol levels. Placed in a barroom, it makes it easy for a patron to have the cold, hard truth about whether they’re legally able to drive themselves home; these numbers can save lives.

This machine is made of galvanized steel and can hold up to six hundred straws – any kind of straws can be used inside – and has a video screen on the front to walk the customer through the process of testing their blood-alcohol level, and this set of instructions can be translated into any language you may need. The Alco-Buddy is about the size of a large backpack (18 x 12 x 6 inches), and can be customized to take credit cards instead of bills or coins. The size of the machine insures plenty of surface area for you to advertise your venue on, and is meant to be mounted at eye-level to draw more attention and curiosity from passers-by and patrons of your establishment. The capacity of six-hundred straws and the long-lasting alcohol sensor mean that you’ll have to make less refill trips to each of your machines, and are also the longest lasting of any such machine in the industry. These facts are merely some of the features of the Alco-Buddy, and there are many more for you to explore at the web site, www.alcobuddy.com.

But the features, though many, and the profitability of the machine are not the most important aspect of the Alco-Buddy, because the Alco-Buddy is more than a vending machine. It can literally save lives by doing what it does. Drunk driving accidents are some of the most tragic, spawning songs and stories and affecting millions of people each year. Many deaths could have been avoided, both of drunk drivers and innocent passengers in other vehicles, by a simple breath test, a test that most people simply do not have access to. The Alco-Buddy provides that access, and it seems to me that such a machine is worth pretty much any investment.

Give the Alco-Buddy a shot; who knows, you could wind up saving someone’s life.

Flo Rida Released on $2,000 Bail, Allowed to Fly to Bangkok

Flo Rida is out of jail hours after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. The rapper behind "Right Round" and "Low" was released on $2,000 bail on Thursday afternoon, June 9. He was covering his face from cameras with a T-shirt when making his exit, TMZ reported.

Despite the incident, Flo will go on with his scheduled performance abroad. His lawyer Christopher Lyons mentioned that the Hip-Hop artist has obtained a signed court order that allows him to travel to Asia for a series of concerts in Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend. He, however, was ordered to return on June 16.

Flo whose real name is Tramar Dillard was arrested for DUI in Miami Beach on Thursday, June 9 morning. He got into more trouble after police found out he was driving his 2008 red and black Bugatti on suspended license for failing to pay a traffic fine. The pop-rapper was taken into custody shortly before 4:00 A.M. ET and charged with both DUI and driving under suspended driver's license.

It was reported that Flo didn't immediately stopped his car when he was signaled to pull over by the police. He swerved several times before pulling the vehicle over near Lennox Avenue. When being told to walk a single line, he allegedly admitted that he had a few drinks and attempted to convince the arresting officer that he was alert enough to drive again. His blood alcohol level, however, was .185, more than twice the legal limit.

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Accident reenactment in West Milford is reality check

Reenactment of a 2009 auto accident caused by a driver who was under the influence of alcohol, gave West Milford High School juniors and seniors a reality check days before this year’s prom and graduation events. The mock accident on June 1 in a high school parking lot created a somber scene with grief-stricken and pensive students watching in deafening silence. About 100 participants, mostly volunteers, were involved in the presentation.

The wailing sirens of police cars, ambulances, fire trucks and other emergency responders, the sound of the approaching North Star Medivcac helicopter and finally the silent arrival of a hearse from Richard’s funeral home stunned the hundreds of students seated along the curb surrounding the parking lot.

The participants were equipped with wireless microphones, provided by Tom and Jerry Sconamilio, owners of The Music Den in Butler. The high school sound crew facilitating the sound included Ryan Hanenberg, Mark Lydecker, Keith Meola, Justin Chandler, Alex DeLaura and Ian O’Loughlin.

Before going to the mock accident scene the students saw a film filmed and edited by student Harry Fontan. It began with high school student actors Steve Kuchenruther, Jake Korinko, Meg Marino and Jackie Dougert having drinks before getting into a car to go to their prom. The crash and the chilling aftermath scene in the parking lot followed.

"Since a drunk driver crashed into my car every part of my life has been impacted and I am reminded of it every day," said Diane Sidoli.

She was one of several speakers who gave messages to the students. Sidoli uses a wheel chair as a result of loss of both of her legs after a drunk driver crashed into her car as she drove home from work.

This is the third time that a graduation-prom time drunk-driving related auto accident has been demonstrated at the high school, creator Peter Anzelone told Aim West Milford. He said the reenactment is held every two years. Anzelone is assistant principal and supervisor of health and physical education.

Hearing of the program in other schools, Anzelone observed presentations and then modified them for use in West Milford.

"We try to drive the point home as to what happens when people do not make good decisions," said Anzelone. "We try to burn it in the students’ brains to not get behind the wheel if they have been drinking."

"We, as a faculty, feel the loss of a student as well as their family and friends do," Anzelone told the students. "We care about each and every one. Take care of each other!"

"Police Officer Joseph Nevin has helped tremendously with this production," said Anzelone.

He also noted the cooperation and help from Acting Police Chief Gene Chiosie and Officers Anthony Parrello and Jill Brickman (West Milford High School graduates), Officer John Pescenti, in charge of Juvenile Protection, and School Principal Maureen Bernstock.

In introducing the program Guidance Counselor Don Heaney said the emergency responders volunteered their time to demonstrate the chaotic chain of events that occurs during an accident. He said that, unfortunately, the first responders too often have performed the tasks they were demonstrating.

"This presentation is not meant for your entertainment," said Heaney. "The reality is that these alcohol related accidents have happened in many places. I am sad to report that these preventable accidents have taken the lives of West Milford’s own. Do not dismiss this mock accident as ridiculous and say, ‘This won’t happen to me.’"

"In a few days you will be participating in the most important rituals of high school life," said Heaney. "High School graduation and attendance at the prom, for many, may involve drinking either before or after these events. More than likely someone who has had too much to drink will get behind the wheel of a car and drive."

"You should know that alcohol is associated with the leading cause of death among teen automobile crashes," said Heaney. "Although nearly one-third of all teen driving fatalities and injuries involve the use of alcohol, these rates shoot up around prom and graduation weekend, according to statistics on the Mothers Against Drunk Driving website. During prom weekends approximately 60 percent of all automobile facilities involve the use of alcohol."

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Flo Rida Likes Driving While Drunk – Who Doesn’t?

Flo Rida, who accurately pointed out that Alexandra Burke only sings the crooked letters from the alphabet, is doing what a good rapper should and getting his skull-sized pectoral muscles into trouble with the law.

The hip-pop star, who has a voice like a pained mule being assaulted with an accordion, is getting his expensive jewellery felt-up by the long arm of the law after he decided to have a few ales and then climb into his Austin Montego for a nice drive.

Yep. Flo Rida, real name Florence and the Machine Rider, has been charged with drink driving after he was arrested in Miami.


Now, when rappers get arrested, it’s usually on some technicality because the American police force like nothing better than booking Danno, especially when Danno happens to be wealthy and black. However, Flo has no such defence really.

He was arrested by police after he was found to be twice over the legal limit.

Of course, being utterly arseholed behind the wheel, Flo Rida drove somewhat erratically, swerving all over the place and honking his horn by flexing his protruding tit muscles. Possibly.

Either way, the police saw a magnolia coloured Austin Montego driving madly and decided to haul it to the lay-by where they found a burping Flo. He promptly failed his sobriety test.

Flo Rida reported told the police:

“I can’t do this. I don’t feel I can walk a straight line. I had a few drinks. Let’s try another test. I live on the other side of the bridge. I can make it home.”

Daft twat.

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Drunk drivers still a problem in Kern County

Six people are in the hospital after a fiery crash in central Bakersfield Thursday morning. Police say alcohol was a factor in the crash.

Investigators say it was just after 2:00 a.m. when 18-year-old David Longoria was allegedly driving drunk and hit another car at the intersection of California Ave. and Oak St.

No one died, but locals say this should be a lesson in preventing a tragedy in the future.

"As I'm getting out of my car I hear a bang," said David Northam.

When David Northam looked up while getting gas he saw a scary sight, a fiery crash involving teenagers and alcohol. He rushed to the scene to help.

"I thought he was deceased when I got there and then I saw the flames."

Police say Longoria sped through a red light and smashed into the other car. They say Longoria had been drinking and didn't have a driver's license.

No one died in the crash, but it's enough to scare Northam.

"I got a kid that just graduated, it really touches home," he said.

Emergency personnel constantly warn drivers not to drink and drive yet it still happens.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving advocate Carla Pearson thought it would never happen to her, until she lost her son.

"I would walk by the television and I would see the stories and I would stop and say it was sad, never knowing that our family would go through something like losing a son."

It's a simple message: "Don't drink and drive." Yet, every summer, especially when school gets out, drinking and driving remains a problem.

Pearson says there's a simple way to protect yourself from people who are drinking and driving, texting or just not paying attention.

When the light turns green, wait, look left and look right. She says it could save your life.

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Drunk drivers still a problem in Kern County

Six people are in the hospital after a fiery crash in central Bakersfield Thursday morning. Police say alcohol was a factor in the crash.

Investigators say it was just after 2:00 a.m. when 18-year-old David Longoria was allegedly driving drunk and hit another car at the intersection of California Ave. and Oak St.

No one died, but locals say this should be a lesson in preventing a tragedy in the future.

"As I'm getting out of my car I hear a bang," said David Northam.

When David Northam looked up while getting gas he saw a scary sight, a fiery crash involving teenagers and alcohol. He rushed to the scene to help.

"I thought he was deceased when I got there and then I saw the flames."

Police say Longoria sped through a red light and smashed into the other car. They say Longoria had been drinking and didn't have a driver's license.

No one died in the crash, but it's enough to scare Northam.

"I got a kid that just graduated, it really touches home," he said.

Emergency personnel constantly warn drivers not to drink and drive yet it still happens.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving advocate Carla Pearson thought it would never happen to her, until she lost her son.

"I would walk by the television and I would see the stories and I would stop and say it was sad, never knowing that our family would go through something like losing a son."

It's a simple message: "Don't drink and drive." Yet, every summer, especially when school gets out, drinking and driving remains a problem.

Pearson says there's a simple way to protect yourself from people who are drinking and driving, texting or just not paying attention.

When the light turns green, wait, look left and look right. She says it could save your life.

Crackdown on drunk driving: Three get 2-day jail term, fined

GURGAON: Do not drink and drive. Getting tough on drunk driving, the Gurgaon traffic police sentenced three people to a two-day imprisonment after 100 ml of alcohol was found in their blood. They were also fined Rs 2,000 each on Thursday.

The accused were convicted by the court of chief judicial magistrate Jasbir Singh and sent to Bhondsi jail. The accused were convicted by the court for the offence, which is punishable under Section 185 of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988.

The order said that in default of payment of the fine, the three convicts will have to further undergo a simple imprisonment for two days.

The three offenders were caught on Wednesday night at the Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza by the team led by the police commissioner. Gurgaon police commissioner S S Deswal, who visited Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza to inspect the ongoing drive against drunk driving, instructed the officers present on the spot to prepare a water-tight case against offenders so that they do not get away by just paying a meagre monetary fine.

Cops were asked to keep a record of the number of times a driver is caught for drunken driving; this information will be used in court so that frequent offenders are given harsher punishment including imprisonment.

Deswal said that there was a need to set an exemplary punishment for this offence which not only puts the drivers life at risk, but also of other road users. He added that drunk driving was the third major cause of accidental deaths in Gurgaon followed by overspeeding.

While two of Thursdays offenders were driving vehicles having Delhi registration numbers, one had Haryana number. The accused Ravinder, a resident of Bharthal in Delhi, who was driving a taxi (DL-1T-5672) was found to have 226-2 ml alcohol in blood. Munish Uniyal, a resident of sector 7, Dwarka (Delhi) driving a Maruti Zen (DL-3CR-9592), had 131-6 ml alcohol in blood. Sumeshpal, a resident of Muradnagar (Uttar Pradesh), had 260-2 ml alcohol.

According to Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act (1988), a driver who has alcohol exceeding 30mg per 100 ml of blood detected in a test by a breath analyzer can face imprisonment up to six months or fine or both. For second or subsequent offence, the jail term goes up to two years.

DCP (traffic) Bharti Arora said on Wednesday that 152 offenders were challaned for the offence and out of this, 56 alone were challaned at the toll plaza.

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Federal Way students make permanent memorial for 3 drunk driving victims

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- It happens every year. Kids graduate from high school and their lives and stories move on. But Decatur High School students in Federal Way decided three lives should be remembered by future generations.
Nick Hodgins, Derek King, and Emmanuel Franco were all killed by drunk drivers.
A year ago today, Hodgins and King were in a stalled car on Interstate 5, when a drunk driver slammed into them.

“It's a cement reminder of the fact that he's not here anymore,” says Hodgins’ sister, Brandi Gleason when she looks at the memorial. “Definitely difficult but also an uplifting moment to know he's in everybody's hearts.”

Franco, a Decatur graduate, died just before New Year’s, hit by a drunk driver along 320th in Federal Way. His younger brother says it's made him more vigilant.

“If you see someone at a party with intent to possibly drive, and they're intoxicated, I'm more than willing to go up to them and say, ‘hey use some common sense,’” says Julian Franco.

The unveiling of this memorial is timely. AAA says June 10th is one of the deadliest days of the year for teens, deadly crashes among young drivers peak during the summer months. More than 7,300 teen drivers and passengers ages 13-19 died in traffic crashes between Memorial Day and Labor Day from 2005-2009.

“With graduation going on it's a big time for celebration,” says Trooper Kyle Smith, of the Washington State Patrol. “A lot of kids are taking risks that are unnecessary.”

Many of the students and parents here tonight have already learned the lesson.

“I just hope this teaches the kids over the years the dangers of drunk driving the dangers of drinking, and maybe change some people’s lives and save someone's life,” says Gleason.

The memorial sits on the front lawn of the high school. It was made possible through student-led fundraising, spear-headed by 17 year old Chloe Turner, who is graduating this weekend.

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Watertown Man Charged with Drunk Driving

CHAUMONT, N.Y. — Chadwick M. Bruce, 20, of 129 S. Indiana Ave., Watertown, was charged by Jefferson County sheriff's deputies at 5:43 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of 12260 Route 12E with driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and unsafe backing.

His blood alcohol content was 0.11 percent, deputies said. A BAC of 0.08 percent or greater is considered proof of intoxicated under state law.

He is summoned to appear June 20 in Lyme Town Court.

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Apple to Nix Apps That Tip off Drunk Drivers

After pressure from four U.S. senators, Apple Inc. has said it will start rejecting iPhone applications that tip drivers off about police checkpoints for drunken driving.

Apple updated its app developer guidelines Wednesday to exclude such apps. On Thursday, some DUI apps were still available in the App Store, but Apple usually gives developers a chance to update their apps so they can conform to the new guidelines before booting them.

The apps often combine warnings about DUI checkpoints with warnings about speed traps and red-light cameras. Users of the applications help create the warnings by registering the locations.

An Apple spokesman had no comment on the change in the guidelines, and wouldn't say why the change was made.

Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.), and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) asked Apple, Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, and Google Inc. to remove DUI-avoidance apps in March. RIM complied, but Google refused.

Google runs an application store for phones that use its Android software. The company places far fewer restrictions on application developers than Apple does.

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Crash caused by drunk driver

An impaired driving collided with a vehicle on Thursday at the intersection of Hemlock Street. Wayne Wowk, 57, was taken to Greater Sudbury Police headquarters after the crash, where he took an intoxilyzer test. Wowk was over the legal limit and attempted to give police a fake name.

He was also found to be a prohibited driver and was charged with impaired operation of vehicle, exceeding the legal limit, obstructing police and driving while disqualified. These charges haven't been proven in court and all accused are innocent until proven guilty, police said. Wowk is the first to have his name released under the police's new impaired driving policy.

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Michigan Wide Receiver Sentenced For Drunk Driving

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- On Friday, University of Michigan wide receiver Darryl Stronum was sentenced to 2 years probation on charges of operating while visibly impaired.

Stronum also received a suspended sentence of 365 days in jail. so if he violates probation he could spend time in jail.

Under a plea agreement, a charge of of driving with a suspended license will be dropped if Stronum successfully completes a sobriety program monitored by the court.

In September 2008, during his freshman year, police charged Stronum with operating a vehicle while visibly impaired, and he was subsequently jailed for three nights in July 2010 for multiple probation violations.

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