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Panel considers adding wrong-way driving as aggravating factor for DWI
2159615 · January 28, 2025
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Summary
Senate Bill 149 would make driving the wrong way on a highway an aggravating factor that can elevate a driving-while-intoxicated offense to an aggravated DWI. Law enforcement testified the change addresses a spike of wrong-way incidents tied to impaired drivers.
Senate Bill 149, introduced by Sen. Regina Buritzel as a request from the Department of Safety, would add driving the wrong way on the road (a violation of RSA 265:26 I) to the list of aggravating factors that can elevate a DWI to aggravated DWI.
Trooper Sam Provenza, commander of the New Hampshire State…
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