Sentence examples for drugged driver from inspiring English sources

Since the new Colorado law took effect in January, the "drugged driver" panic has only intensified.

Donegan, who was hit by a drugged driver when 32 weeks pregnant with Zoe, pushed for some recognition of foetal deaths but does not support Nile's legislation.

Brodie Donegan was 32 weeks pregnant with Zoe when she was hit by a drugged driver on Christmas Day in 2009 and Zoe was stillborn because of the injuries from the accident.

Zoe's law was put under the spotlight again last month when the drugged driver who hit Jacqueline Sparks's car, causing the loss of her unborn baby, Mia, was given a six-year sentence.

Sarah Milosevic was 39 weeks pregnant when a speeding car driven by a drunk and drugged driver crashed into the car she and husband, Peter, were travelling in at Marsden, 30km south of Brisbane, on 29 August 2014.

Brodie Donegan has been lobbying for it since her daughter was stillborn as the result of a drugged driver hitting her on Christmas Day 2009, when she was 32 weeks pregnant.

"Driving under the influence of drugs is a growing national problem, particularly among young people, but drugged drivers are not detected nearly as often as drunk drivers," said Michael Walsh, the lead author.

Many states are confronting the problem as part of a broader effort to keep so-called drugged drivers, including those under the influence of marijuana and other illegal drugs, off the road.

According to a recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, people are now more likely to encounter drugged drivers on the highway than drunk drivers.

The legalization of medical marijuana would bring a number of unintended consequences, including additional drugged drivers on our roadways, industrial accidents and higher rates of addiction.

"There is an assumption that if we can arrest drunk drivers, we are getting all the drugged drivers, but that's not true," said Mr. Walsh, president of the Walsh Group, a consulting firm in Bethesda, Md., who was executive director of the President's Drug Advisory Council under the first President Bush.