Bill OK'd to increase penalty for wrong-way DUIs

SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative committee voted Friday in favor of a bill that would increase the penalties for driving under the influence if the individual was also driving in the wrong direction on a freeway or controlled-access highway.Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, said the bill is designed to help combat a rising problem with drunken drivers driving on the wrong side of the freeway.Under Utah law, a DUI is currently a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,0