Tips to Avoid DUI
Can you get a DUI on a Bicycle?
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Can a California DUI be a Felony?
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Twelve Tips To Avoid A DUI Conviction
The holiday season is upon us, and with it usually comes a lot of good cheer. Family and friends get together to enjoy each other’s company and celebrate the season. Office parties are a plenty this festive time of year. There always seems to be plenty of food and spirits available for everyone to enjoy. […]
Is a Wet Reckless Better than a DUI?
If you’ve been arrested and charged with a DUI in the Southern California, you should take these charges seriously as you could be facing jail time, fines, and suspension of your driving privileges. Fortunately, if you decide to work with an experienced DUI Defense Lawyer, it is possible to have your charges reduced or even dismissed. […]
Avoid a DUI Conviction this Thanksgiving Holiday Season
This week I am taking a break from the Anatomy of a DUI series I’ve been writing. Instead this week I want to focus on some practical tips to avoid a DUI conviction. The one thing that comes along with the Thanksgiving Holiday season is a lot of social time with friends and family that usually includes some holiday cheer – drinking alcohol. Therefore I want to provide readers with some practical tips to avoid a DUI (driving under the influence) conviction. […]
Field Sobriety Tests are a Fraud on the Public
Standardized Field Sobriety Tests – Why you should never do them: If a law enforcement officer has reason to suspect that a person has been driving under the influence, the officer will likely ask the person to perform field sobriety tests. Field sobriety tests are voluntary and no person is required to perform them, however the officer will not tell you that the tests are voluntary. If a person agrees to perform the field sobriety tests, he or she will be evaluated by the officer on how he or she performs and reacts during the [...]
Defending a Palm Springs DUI
The Initial Observation and Contact: An arrest for DUI usually begins when a law enforcement officer comes in contact with a driver while the car is moving. Law enforcement will watch for certain behaviors before they stop a driver under suspicion of DUI. […]
The Anatomy of a DUI – Effects of Alcohol
In my last article I discussed the dose-response relationship of alcohol. But before I move the discussion to the mechanics of an actual DUI arrest, I believe it is important to give readers an understanding of the effects of alcohol from a clinical perspective. As you’ll see, throughout the various stages of intoxication discussed below, overlap in the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels will occur because alcohol does not affect every person the same at any given point. The blood alcohol concentration (BAC) percentages shown below are based on grams of alcohol in every 100 milliliters of blood. BAC Levels/Effects [...]
Tips to Avoid a DUI
Tip #1. Don't drink and drive! : If you have been drinking, call a taxi or have a friend drive you home. Tip #2. If you do Drive, Don't park near the bar!: Police officers or their agents routinely drive through popular bar parking lots and note descriptions of cars in the parking lot and wait for the car to leave, then invent some reason to stop the car. Never park near the bar! Tip #3. Always drive safely. Most DUI stops are for traffic violations such as speeding, unsafe lane changes, not driving within the [...]
Top Four Reasons to NEVER, EVER Blow into an Alcohol Breath Testing Machine
Top Four Reasons to NEVER, EVER Blow into an Alcohol Breath Testing Machine - Instead, Always Request a Blood Test! : It has always been my opinion that you should NEVER, EVER blow into an alcohol breath testing machine if you are being investigated for DUI - Driving Under the Influence of alcohol by a police officer. Having said that, there are two exceptions: If you are under the age of 21, you must blow into a breath testing machine, because if you refuse you could lose your driving privilege for one year. The second exception is: if [...]
