Texas state legislators anticipate ...

Texas state legislators anticipate saving lives between the sides of a new law that automatically suspends drivers rest operating motor vehicles under the influence of alcohol. The recent administrative law, Administrative License Revocation (ALR), went into issue Jan. 1, 1995, throughout the state. Prior to the novel law, defendants found driving while intoxicated (DWI) could continue to operate their motor vehicles for six month to a year while they waited for the DWI criminal trial proceedings.

Statistics indicate an alarmingly large number of cases in which defendants were arrested for a other DWI while waiting for their initial cases to follow to trial. The victims of these offense pleaded with legislators to continue the defendants off the roads until a court could decide guilt or innocence. The recent ALR law does just that.

The ALR law requires the suspension of the drivers' licenses of accused intoxicated drivers until criminal trial unles the accused