Olympic Star Phelps Sentenced for DWI

Olympics swimming star Michael Phelps had his day in court and was sentenced for driving while impaired.

Phelps was stopped in early November in Salisbury, which is southeast of Baltimore, by a Maryland state trooper who saw him run a stop sign in his 2005 Land Rover.

The 19-year old Phelps, pled guilty to driving while impaired, so prosecutors dropped the charges for underage drinking, running a stop sign, and driving under the influence.

The swimming champion was fined $250.00 and ordered to pay $55.00 in court costs. He was also ordered to attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) meeting, and to give speeches to students at three local schools about the dangers of alcohol.

Feds Concerned about Stubborn Drunken Driving Rates

Troubled by persistent drinking and driving deaths in the US, the Inspector General of the Transportation Department's Office has embarked on a study of drunken driving and the effectiveness of recent efforts to reduce alcohol related fatalities.

Despite federally mandated lower blood alcohol concentration (BAC) requirements across the nation and numerous local, state and federal anti-drunk driving programs, 2003 was the sixth consecutive year with no noticeable progress in reducing alcohol-related crashes and fatalities. And the Feds want to know why.

According to the NHTSA, 17,013 people died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in 2003. This means 40 percent of all traffic fatalities were alcohol-related.

The Transportation Department will study existing state and federal anti-drunk driving programs, and will compare drinking and driving problems in states with different enforcement policies, and calculate all the federal resources in use.

Site Map for Alcohol Alert

See a photo of the Alcohol Alert machine and some of its features.

An introduction to the Alcohol Breath Testing System.

The Alcohol Alert breath testing machine itself. - It talks. It makes money. It saves lives.

Shows how alcohol effects a person over time. You may be surprised!

A discussion of alcohol statistics in the US.

Great locations to place your machines and make money with alcohol testing.

Drunk driving death clock shows a running total of the drunk driving deaths in the US so far this year.

Take action against drunk driving - Help yourself and prevent drunk driving in your community with a talking alcohol breath tester.

A sad poem about drunk driving.

Drinking and driving statistics - from the most recent data available

Drunk Driving Statistics for 2001

Drunk Driving Statistics for 2000

Stop the madness! Help prevent drunk driving in your community. - Alcohol Alert home page.

Links to websites about alcohol, drunk driving and related information.

Learn how to make money from alcohol breath testing.

Form to request more information about this alcohol breath testing opportunity.

Another sad poem about drinking and driving.

A Flash based simulation of an actual Alcohol Alert breath testing machine.

Drunk driving, dram shop laws and alcohol testing with a breathalyzer.

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