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Drivers: License suspension law effective in other states
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behind the wheel.”
The new law is expected to
save money because it deters
drunk driving without costing
the taxpayers money, over
crowding prisons, overloading
court dockets or adding to the
state budget, he said. The self-
sufficient program funds itself
by the license reinstatement
fees of the convicted drivers.
A driver can appeal the ALR
law after failure or refusal of a
BAG by either requesting a
hearing or obtaining an occupa
tional license by attending an
alcohol counseling and rehabili
tation program and showing an
essential need for the license.
In appealed cases, an ad
ministrative law judge deter-
Brazos County attorney, said
hearings will not begin
immediately.
“Hearings on ALR cases
"ALR will help make Texas' roadways safer. Li
cense suspension as a consequence of drinking
and driving should make potential offenders
think twice before getting behind the wheel."
— Col. James R. Wilson
director of the Texas Department of Public Safety
mines whether the driver was
in fact operating a motor vehi
cle while intoxicated. If the
driver refuses the breathalyzer,
the judge de-
termines
whether there
was probable
cause to be
lieve that the
person was
operating a
motor vehicle
while intoxi
cated.
In both
scenarios, the
DPS must
prove the dri
ver was intoxicated.
Rod Anderson,
assistant
probably won’t be heard until
the first of February,” Anderson
said. “However, those who
don’t request hearings may see
their licenses being suspended
very soon.”
■ A statewide
public informa
tion campaign is
underway to
boost driver’s
awareness of
the new law.
The campaign
will reach the
public through
billboards,
posters, TV and
radio public ser
vice announce
ments, and
brochures.
Funding for the campaign is
provided by The Century Coun
cil, an anti-alcohol abuse orga
nization, and members of “Tex
ans for ALR,” a group consist
ing of about 40 alcohol aware
ness organizations.
John Lawn, the chairman of
The Century Council, said the
Council supports the law.
“ALR is the strongest law a
state can enact to save lives by
deterring drunk driving,” Lawn
said. “The Council is honored
to be a member of Texans for
ALR, which helped get this law
passed, and to help fund the
statewide public information
campaign now underway to
boost motorists’ awareness that
is essential for the law to work
to its fullest extent.”
Chechen
officials say
talks progress;
fighting rages
GROZNY, Russia (AP) -
Russian and Chechen nego
tiators took a step Tuesday
toward a cease-fire in
breakaway Chechnya,
where the bloody 5-week-old
war raged on.
But many on both sides
were skeptical any agree
ment would hold.
In the streets of Grozny,
Chechen fighters scornfully
dismissed Russian over
tures toward peace, saying
they were merely a ruse to
fool world opinion while
Moscow prepares new offen
sives.
A cease-fire last week
broke down after only sever-
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Prime Minister Viktor
Chernomyrdin met Tuesday
with two envoys from
Chechen President
Dzhokhar Dudayev in
Moscow, a day after making
a televised appeal for peace.
The Chechens said both
sides agreed to stop using
heavy artillery by Wednes
day evening as a first step
toward a full cease-fire.
“We think there’s an
agreement in principle from
both sides,” said Usman
Imayev, Dudayev’s prosecu
tor general.
But the Russian govern
ment continued its tough
rhetoric against Dudayev, say
ing the meeting was brief, at
the Chechen side’s request,
and was a “last chance” for co-
operation, according to a
statement carried by Russian
news agencies.
“Only a step has been
made toward cease-fire,’
Russian government
spokesman Valentin
Rumyantsev said.
Russian fighter jets kept up
attacks Tuesday on targets
throughout Grozny, and Russ
ian forces destroyed a bridge
between Chechnya and its
eastern neighbor, Dagestan,
cutting off a main rail and
road link.
Rebel forces appeared to
have recaptured the railway
station in a machine-gun
battle.
Russian news reports
Tuesday said the army’s
losses in the battle for
Grozny were much higher
than had been admitted,
with up to 1,200 dead.
Imayev, the Chechen en
voy, said he would head im
mediately to Grozny to brief
Dudayev.
He said dates and exact
terms of a cease-fire still
had to be agreed on.
It was not clear whether
Dudayev, who has been in
hiding, could agree on terms
with the Kremlin.
Many rebel fighters
Grozny, the Chechen capital,
reacted to Chernomyrdin’s
peace overtures with obscene
oaths, spitting on the ground.
“Chernomyrdin is saying
this just to impress the in
ternational community, but
at the same time the Russ
ian army has been ordered
to seize the city,” said
Vakha Aigumov, a Chechen
officer.
“We would agree to
peace,” said another fighter,
Al Ahim.
“But our condition is full in
dependence for Chechnya.”
President Boris Yeltsins
chief of staff, Sergei Filatov,
also cast doubt on negotia
tions, telling the ITAR-Tass
news agency he doesn’t be
lieve Dudayev’s envoys can
control the situation in
Chechnya.
Thousands of people are
believed to have been killed
since Moscow sent troops
into the mainly Muslim re
public in the Caucasus
Mountains on Dec. 11.
Russian military officials
have said fewer than 400
Russian soldiers have died,
but the Interfax news
agency said Tuesday that
corpses of some 1,160 Russ
ian soldiers had passed
through Mozdok.