According to the CDC, drugs other than alcohol are involved in approximately 18% of all fatal vehicle crashes each year. Despite this, there is still no portable test available to police to detect drugs in a person’s system. Recently, Swedish researchers developed a breath test that they say can detect 12 different drugs, including methamphetamine, [...]
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Bucks County Ambulance Driver Charged With DUI After Accident
In Bucks County last month a Newtown Ambulance driver was charged with DUI after getting into a minor accident while transporting a patient. Nicholas White, 30, was driving on Route 1 in Middletown en route to Montgomery Township so the patient could be given a mental health evaluation. Around 4:30 pm, he hit a curb [...]
Pennsylvania State Police Resume Breathalyzer Testing
Last January, we wrote a blog about how a Dauphin County Judge ruled that readings from the Intoxilyzer 5000EN were inadmissible because, among other reasons, the breathalyzer’s manufacturer (CMI) is not allowed to make the simulator solution that calibrates the machine, per Pennsylvania state regulations. As a result of this and subsequent rulings, the Pennsylvania [...]
Missouri v. McNeely Requires Warrant Before Blood Test For DUI
On April 17, the United States Supreme Court decided Missouri v. McNeely. The question presented to the Court was, Does the natural elimination of alcohol from the body create a per se rule allowing the State to perform a blood test without a warrant in a DUI case? The Court held that it does not. [...]
What Is A Pennsylvania Drug Recognition Expert or “DRE”?
When police suspect a motorist of driving under the influence of drugs there may be no odor of alcohol and a PBT breathalyzer may show no BAC. In this situation, police will sometimes use a Pennsylvania Drug Recognition Expert (“DRE”) to render an opinion regarding whether a motorist is under the influence of drugs. A [...]
