Andy Higgs

Andy Higgs

I know what it's like to go from being a crazy backpacker without a care in the world, via being a vaguely sensible parent to being an adventurer once more. In other words, evolving into a Grown-up Traveller.Like everyone else, I love to travel, have visited a lot of countries and all that but my big thing is Africa.I also own and run The Grown-up Travel Company as a travel designer creating personalised African itineraries for experienced adventurers

How Lawyers Defend Clients in DUI Cases

Impaired driving results in the deaths of thousands every year, having an equal toll on drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. The year 2023 saw a total of 12,429 deaths occurring in crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers, or 34 fatalities per day. A…

When to Hire a Lawyer After a Car Crash

In the first half of 2025, the National Safety Council found a decrease of fatalities due to car crashes, with 18,720 deaths compared to 21,450 in the same period of the previous year. Still, traffic experts say that road safety…

Your Rights During a Sobriety Checkpoint Stop

In previous years, 37 states plus the District of Columbia reported conducting sobriety checkpoints at least once or twice a year, while only 11 conducted them weekly, says ScienceDirect. A meta-analysis of past data indicates that sobriety checkpoints can reduce…

When Sobriety Checkpoints May Violate the Law

Sobriety checkpoint programs show a strong connection with a significant 8.9% reduction in alcohol-related deaths and an impressive 18.8% drop in both alcohol-related deaths and injurious accidents.  The sobriety checkpoints were set up by police departments as a significant way…