Topic: DUI
Police begin Easter road-safety operation
Police have launched a new road safety operation to try to tackle dangerous driving over the Easter period.
Drink drivers slipping through the net
Rogue motorists may be getting away with drink-driving because of gaps in legislation and enforcement, a Compass open records investigation shows.
Driver arrested for DUI after car overturns
Police have arrested a 19-year-old driver on suspicion of DUI after his car overturned as he going through a roundabout.
Counsellors: Early education key to cutting DUIs
Counsellors who lead court-mandated and private drink-driving rehabilitation sessions say the overwhelming feedback they get from attendees is "Why did no one tell us this before?".
DUIs dominate a day in Traffic Court
Spending a day in Traffic Court where drink-drivers, speeders, careless drivers and others who have broken the law appear.
Drink-drive limit change hasn’t reduced DUIs or crashes
The reduction of the blood-alcohol limit in Cayman has done little or nothing to reduce the number of DUIs or collisions, police have acknowledged.
RCIPS: Lower resources led to drop in traffic summonses
Police issued 3,139 fewer traffic summonses last year than in 2023, but that decrease was driven by a lack of resources in the RCIPS's traffic unit rather than better driving.
Hit-and-run driver who struck pedestrians three times over limit
A driver arrested following a hit-and-run involving two pedestrians on Saturday was found to be three times over the legal drink-driving limit.
DUI arrests after two serious collisions
Two drivers were arrested for DUIs after four people were injured in two separate collisions overnight Friday.
61 crashes, 9 DUI arrests in first 5 days of holiday road safety campaign
Police say they have attended 61 motor vehicle accidents and made nine arrests for driving under the influence in the first five days of their annual Winter Guardian campaign.
Driver arrested for DUI after collision
A driver was arrested for driving under the influence following a two-vehicle collision in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Probationary officer arrested, suspended from duty
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service suspended a probationary officer who was recently arrested on suspicion of assault and DUI.
Dangerous drivers could be hit with stricter fines, demerit points
Traffic incidents are on the rise, and government is considering how best to tackle the problem, including harsher penalties.
Driver held for suspected DUI after two-vehicle crash
A 25-year-old man from George Town has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a two-vehicle collision which ended with a truck being overturned.
Drunk driver crashes into police vehicle
A man was detained for driving under the influence after he crashed into an RCIPS Firearms Response Unit vehicle on Monday.
Man arrested after hit-and-run collision injures 2 pedestrians
Two pedestrians remain in stable condition at the Cayman Islands hospital after they were injured in a hit and run collision on Thursday night.
Drug council calls for mandatory alcohol training for servers
The National Drug Council has reiterated its call to make ‘Training for Intervention Procedures’, or TIPS, mandatory for all hospitality-industry workers serving alcoholic beverages.
Family of fatal accident victim calls for child-support law
It’s been two years and two months since Shemaiah Grant was killed in a collision a couple of miles away from his West Bay home, after being struck from his motorcycle by Jordan Telford who was texting and driving at the time.
Governor calls for more responsible drivers as DUIs hit 100
Governor Jane Owen has expressed concern that even in the face of stiffer penalties Driving Under the Influence remains an issue in Cayman with 100 people having been arrested for drink driving in the last five months.
Governor calls out reckless driving in wake of ‘heartbreaking’ hit-and-run death
The "horrible and tragic" death of Italian waiter Abele Hiwet, who was killed in a hit-and-run last week, is the latest among pressing concerns about Cayman's roads, according to outgoing Governor Martyn Roper.
4 arrested for DUI following crashes over weekend
Police arrested nine people on suspicion of DUI over the past weekend, including four who had been involved in collisions.
First arrest made under new drink-drive limit
Police say only one person has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol since the DUI limits were lowered last week.
Driver arrested for DUI after 2-car collision
Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman, of Bodden Town, on suspicion of DUI and careless driving following a two-car collision on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway which temporarily closed the road on Wednesday night.
Premier: Cayman to lower DUI limits
The government is considering lowering the blood-alcohol level for drivers in the Cayman Islands, which currently has one of the highest limits in the world.
24 collisions, 4 DUIs and 10 tickets for speeding issued over the weekend
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers arrested four drivers on suspicion of DUI over the weekend, including one person with a blood-alcohol level of 0.264%.
2 DUI arrests, 12 speeding tickets in resumed ‘Operation Quaker’ road safety push
Police have made two arrests on suspicion of driving under the influence and issued 12 tickets for speeding, in the first weekend of the resumed 'Operation Quaker' road-safety campaign.
Police resuming ‘Operation Quaker’ road safety campaign
A week after a man was killed and three others injured in a head-on collision in George Town, police are resuming their Operation Quaker traffic enforcement measures in a bid to cut down on speeding and drunk driving at night.
DPP offers no evidence in DUI case against senior civil servant
Senior civil servant Garfield 'Gary' Wong was acquitted of a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol by the Summary Court on Thursday, 21 Oct.
Man arrested for DUI nearly 3 times over legal limit
A 26-year old West Bay man was arrested for DUI late Thursday night after a vehicle smashed into a building and the driver of the vehicle recorded a blood-alcohol reading nearly three times over the legal limit.
Police: 24 road accidents over weekend as police target speeding, DUI
Despite high visibility patrols and more vehicle checkpoints, police are continuing to see traffic accidents, speeding and DUIs on local roads.
Five DUI arrests as police increase enforcement
Five people were arrested over the weekend of 4-5 June on suspicion of DUI as part of a continuing police initiative launched at the end of May dubbed ‘Operation Quaker’.
Nine arrested and 30 ticketed in police traffic operation
Nine people have been arrested on suspicion of DUI as part of a police initiative launched Friday dubbed 'Operation Quaker'.
Woman 3 times over drink-drive limit absconds
A woman who was found to be three times over the legal blood-alcohol limit following a car crash on West Bay Road escaped from police custody on Sunday, but turned herself in the next day.
Police issue warning after spike in collisions
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service says there has been an increase in the number of collisions over the past week, adding it appears the vast majority of these collisions occurred due to speeding and people driving under the influence of alcohol.
Man arrested on suspicion of DUI after two-vehicle collision
A Bodden Town man, 32, has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a collision between a car and a truck on Tuesday.
244 collisions, 15 DUIs in January
The Traffic and Roads Policing Unit remain concerned about the rise of collisions with nearly 250 crashes already in the books for 2020.
51 DUI arrests in December, none on New Year’s Eve
During the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service's road safety campaign in December, 50 people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, but no DUI arrests were made on New Year's Eve, according to police.
Police continue holiday road safety campaign
Hundreds of tickets have been issued for multiple traffic offences during the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service’s annual holiday safety campaign.
NDC urges drivers to make the right choice for the holidays
The Christmas season has started, and with it comes a warning from the National Drug Council not to drink and drive.
RCIPS Christmas crackdown begins
Police have kicked off its the annual holiday crackdown which will see officers hitting the streets in greater numbers to nab drunk drivers and traffic offenders.
UPDATE: Off-duty policeman arrested for DUI
An off-duty police officer has been arrested in suspicion of drunk driving after an early morning collision Tuesday.
DUI suspect charged with assaulting police
A 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of DUI following a single vehicle collision in West Bay early Saturday was charged with assaulting police after he allegedly kicked an officer.
Police targeting DUI at traffic stops
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is stepping up activity to address the increase in drunken driving around the holidays.
DUI arrest in pole collision
A 27-year-old George Town man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a truck he was driving Saturday night crashed into a Caribbean Utilities Co. pole near the entrance to Lakeside apartments.
EDITORIAL – Clink, clink; Drink, drink; Wink, wink
According to police data on traffic offenses, the number of charges for DUI (that is, “drink driving”) declined by 36 percent in 2015, compared to the previous year. Let’s be honest. The DUI numbers can be virtually anything we choose them to be.
