By Earl G. Penrod, Senior Judge | Indiana Judicial Outreach Liaison Scenario: An Officer pulls over a vehicle for traveling 65 in a 55 mile per hour zone. The officer suspects the driver is impaired and administers field sobriety tests and a PBT, which results in a reading of .00. The officer then tells the […]
Traffic Safety
Drunk Driving: It All Begins with the Stop!
By The Honorable Earl G. Penrod, Senior Judge | Indiana Judicial Outreach Liaison, IOCS Education Division Scenario: A police officer sees a vehicle pass by, but doesn’t see the driver. The officer doesn’t observe any traffic or improper driving violations, but runs the license plate and learns the registered owner has a suspended operator’s license. […]
Bad Drivers: Irritating, unlawful, or both?
By Hon. Earl G. Penrod, Senior Judge & Indiana Judicial Outreach Liason | Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Fortunately, most drivers are law-abiding and respectful behind the wheel. However, traffic safety is negatively impacted by two additional types of drivers: those who do maddening things while driving and those who are particularly bothered by that conduct. Some […]
Two Beers…
By Hon. Earl G. Penrod, Senior Judge & Indiana Judicial Outreach Liasion | Indiana Criminal Justice Institute “Not drunk is he who from the floor can rise alone and still drink more…” —Thomas Love Peacock Judges who preside over impaired driving cases quickly learn that the most common number of beers/drinks consumed by drunk driving defendants […]
“But It’s Only Traffic”
By Hon. Earl G. Penrod | Senior Judge Indiana Judicial Outreach Liaison | Indiana Criminal Justice Institute ‘Traffic Court’ and traffic offenses sometimes garner less than full respect from the general public. For an amusing example of public opinion regarding Traffic Court, attention is directed to Episode 16 of the third season of “The Big […]
