DUI Process - DUI Laws

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Due to the ever-growing popularity of sobriety checkpoints, random DUI vehicle stops late at night, and the ability that cell phone users have to notify law enforcement of suspected drunk drivers. Combine these facts with someone that has been drinking and doesn’t know all of his or her legal and constitutional rights, makes getting behind the wheel of a vehicle without knowing their blood alcohol content level (BAC) could prove to be an expensive and life altering mistake.

Sobriety Checkpoints Part 1

With July 4th weekend almost upon us, many states will be intensifying their DUI enforcement procedures on the days preceding and following this coming holiday weekend; most notably are the Sobriety Checkpoints. These checkpoints are conducted in “hot spots” to apprehend drivers that are under the influence of alcohol, or other substances that affect your ability to drive.

These temporary installations allow local and state law enforcement the opportunity to check numerous drivers for the possibility of drunk driving in a short period of time; usually a few hours before and after midnight, when, as previous law enforcement research indicates, intoxicated drivers are at their highest percentage on the road.
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Keys to Finding Cheap SR22 Insurance

Finding cheap SR22 auto insurance sounds like an oxymoron at first, but yes you can find cheap SR22 insurance. One of the options in the playbook would be to start collecting quotes from numerous auto insurance companies, not just your own, and compare those quotes to each other and see which is the best option for your situation.

The only problem with this scenario is that the amount of time you will spend trying to find insurance companies in your area who even offer SR22 insurance coverage will be a challenge because not every insurance company out there does. You could literally spend hours of your time researching and trying to find companies that do offer SR22 auto insurance. Read more »

How to Almost Pass a Field Sobriety Test

I found this hilariously funny field sobriety test video on YouTube that I thought I would share with you. This guy is amazing, I’ve never seen anyone come this close to passing before. The officer was obviously not following the guidelines for the standardized field sobriety tests laid out by the NHTSA, but it’s still very funny, check it out:

You can tell that the cop is completely stunned by the fact that this guy was able to recite the alphabet backwards. I don’t think I could do it as well or as fast as this guy even if I was sober.

First Offense DUI Tennessee

Getting arrested on a first offense DUI charge in Tennessee can be a very scary and tramatic experience. Maybe you were out with some friends on a Friday night and had a couple of drinks and felt that you were fine to drive yourself home and on the way home you end up getting stopped for DUI. People that find themselves in this situation tend to procrastinate too long because frankly they just don’t know what they should do next.

They end up getting mixed signals from the police department, courts, dmv and more. Not to mention that they start receiving all kinds of unsolicited offers from every lawyer in the area in the mail. Who wouldn’t be confused in this situation? Read more »

Getting Into The Pennsylvania ARD Program

The state of Pennsylvania established a program called Accelarated Rehabilitative Disposition back in the 1980’s when law makers realized that the court system was being bogged down by a lot of first offense criminal cases like DUI that could be handled a different way to speed up the process and relieve some of the burden on the court system. Read more »

Virginia DUI Attorney Fees

If you have just recently been arrested on a DUI charge in Virginia one of the first things most people start thinking about is, how much are the average Virginia DUI attorney fees for a DUI offense? Read more »

How to Avoid a Tennessee DUI Stop

Being charged with DUI in Tennessee as in any state can be a very traumatic and costly experience, but with some proper planning you can avoid this ugly situation. Read more »

Don’t Drink And Drive?

When someone says, “Don’t drink and drive” or you see an ad on television or in a magazine telling you not to drink and drive or explaining the effects of drinking and driving. It got me to thinking, that saying is completely inaccurate. Read more »

DUI Penalties Are Long Lasting

After a typical DUI arrest, a person will end up paying upwards of $5,000 for a first time DUI conviction. A lot of people that find themselves in this situation don’t really think about their future, meaning 3 or 5 years down the road. They are completely focused on the now, lets get this over with and let me get back to my life. Read more »