CHP DUI enforcement in Oakland and San Francisco has recently increased on the Bay Bridge.  The newly installed “S-Curve,” or as I heard a radio host this morning refer to it as “Mess-Curve,” has resulted in an increase of CHP enforcement.  The new section of the San Francisco to Oakland connection is scheduled to be in place for the next four years.

To slow cars down, CHP has lowered the speed limit and increased the number of officers patrolling this section of the Bay Bridge.  The result has been a huge increase in tickets for Vehicle Code violations, including DUI arrests.

According to a CHP officer I spoke with recently at a San Francisco DMV hearing last week, although they are not supposed to comment on DUI arrests, he indicated that the number of San Francisco and Oakland Drunk Driving Arrests has increased since the placement of the extra CHP patrol cars.

Oakland DUI Lawyer

This week is Alcohol Awareness Week at the Mary-of-the-Woods College and Brandon Robinson is taking advantage of this time. He received a 28-year prison sentence after he was charged and found guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated which caused death and bodily harm. He is visiting this college campus to talk about his experience.

When Robinson was 18 he went through a stop sign causing him to crash into a truck. He killed three people in this accident..

Since he has been convicted he has spoken to 20,000 people about his story. He always stresses the importance of making the right decision before getting into a car. This is the third time he’s been to this same campus to speak. They asked him back because they felt that the students really connected with him and his message.

Jeff Malloy is the director of campus life and is the one that invited Robinson back. Malloy said “Brandon does a phenomenal job connecting with our students and educating them on the consequences of drinking and driving. He makes it very clear that the only real difference between him and our students was one accident that changed the course of his life.”

Caller: He seems to think I am too intoxicated to drive.
911 Operator: OK, and so you called 911, or he called 911?
Caller: Well, he wanted me to call 911 because he thinks I’m too drunk to drive.

Caller: I don’t like being on the phone while I’m driving.
911 Operator: OK, well, I can certainly let you go, Pat. I don’t want to cause you …
Caller: I would appreciate that because I don’t like driving on the phone.