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Study: Connecticut Ranks Low in DUI Arrests — at No. 43

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A new study found that Connecticut has the nation’s 43rd highest rate of drunk-driving arrests. Connecticut’s rate of DUI arrests in 2018 was 216.4 per 100,000; the national average was 330 per 100,000. From 2009 to 2018, Connecticut’s annual DUI arrests went down 25.2%, a bit more than the nationwide average. — an announcement from US Drug Test Centers; all images are from the report

An estimated 30 people are killed in drunk-driving accidents every day in the U.S. Despite the widespread awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving, many states have rates of DUI arrests that are troubling. US Drug Test Centers.com today released its study, Worst States for DUIs, which uses the latest data from the FBI on arrests for driving under the influence in 2018 and how those rates have changed over time.

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Police: DUI for Woman, 53, Who Swerved Into Opposing Lane on Tokeneke Road

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A 53-year-old Norwalk driver was intoxicated when a police officer saw her swerving over the double yellow line into the northbound lane on Tokeneke Road when she was traveling south, police said. Police gave this further account of what happened, including accusations not proven in court:

At 12:56 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, a police officer on patrol saw a gray Honda traveling south. The vehicle swerved several times and crossed over the yellow lines into the oncoming-traffic lane. The officer stopped the vehicle near the Norwalk border.

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Police: DUI for Man, 43, Driving Erratically on Post Road With 3X Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit

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A 43-year-old man was behind the wheel of a compact SUV and had a blood-alcohol content recorded at three times the legal limit after a police officer saw him driving erratically on the Post Road just west of its intersection with Quaker Lane, police said. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

While on patrol, the officer saw a green Toyota Rav4 being driven erratically east on the Post Road at about 10:36 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 24. The officer stopped the vehicle near Quaker Lane (across the Post Road from the firefighter statue and just east of the Post Road/Renshaw Road intersection). While speaking with the driver, Jose Olivio-Alvarado, the officer smelled an alcoholic drink coming from the man, saw that the man’s eyes were bloodshot and glassy and that he was slurring his words.

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Police: DUI for Woman, 51, Who Didn’t Realize What Town She Was Driving In

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A 51-year-old woman charged with driving while under the influence was stopped by a police officer after the officer saw her swerving her car out of its lane several times and turning without using a blinker police said. Darien police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

At 12:33 a.m., Thursday, March 7, the officer, who was on the Post Road near Thorndal Circle, saw a black Mercedes sedan headed east on the Post Road, swerving out of its lane several times before it turned into a parking lot without using a blinker. When the officer spoke to the driver, a Fairfield resident, she said she was driving home from Stamford. Asked if she knew where she was, she said she believed she was in Fairfield. The officer smelled an alcoholic drink coming from her.

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Police: DUI for Driver, Angry and Drunk, Harassing Another Motorist

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If you’ve got almost three times the legal limit for alcohol in your bloodstream, getting behind the wheel is a bad idea. Getting behind the wheel in that condition and then getting so angry at another driver that you follow her is a worse idea. Darien police say that’s what a 30-year-old man did early Sunday evening. Right up to the Darien Police Headquarters on Hecker Avenue, where the victim drove, police said. Here’s what else police said, including accusations not proven in court:

Police received a call from a woman who told them a red Toyota that had been following her, had been traveling extremely fast and almost struck her when she was parked in Rowayton, picking up her 11-year-old daughter.

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Police: DUI for Man, 33, Driving 55 MPH on Hoyt Street at 9 PM in Car with Fresh Damage

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An impaired man was behind the wheel of an impaired BMW speeding south on Hoyt Street just after 9 p.m. last Friday when, as it passed a patrol car, one of its headlights fell off, Darien police said. Police described what happened with this account, including accusations not proven in court:

The dark-colored BMW was being driven by Robert Dockham, 33, of Woodway Road in Stamford when the police officer saw the headlight fall off the car onto the roadway. (Police didn’t say where on Hoyt Street the officer first found the vehicle or stopped it; Woodway Road intersects with Hoyt Street in Darien, just south of Woodway Country Club). As the officer followed the car, it reached speeds of 55 mph in a 30 mph zone. An officer on patrol observed a dark BMW traveling South on Hoyt St.