The last thing anyone needs when facing a DUI charge is absolute proof of their intoxication. Even a breath test reading can be argued. One thing that can't is your admittance to being drunk. A recent story of a Florida woman live-streaming her drunken driving...
Year: 2015
What is a No-Refusal weekend?
While holiday weekends usually mark an occasion for people to get together and have a good time, in some states holiday weekends mark an occasion for officers too. These eventful weekends are called no-refusal weekends and are usually reserved for big drinking...
You never know what you’re going to get
It's curious how some judges can look at one person and hand them a 15 year sentence for a crime, and a different judge can look at a similar case with the same charges and dish out 40 years behind bars. Why the disparity? For individuals facing a DUI death...
Breathing and biology matter in breath test
Ask enough people if a breath test can be beat and you'll likely have enough ideas, myths and stories to write your own how-to book. Even for people that seldom drink, it's a hot topic. While there are many online resources for what may and may not work to beat a...
Emotional impact of losing right to drive
For most American drivers, since receiving your license as a teen, freedom of the open road has been somewhat of a therapeutic calling. Our ability to change our surroundings, relax our minds and relieve stress has always been just a car key away. However, just as...
Public may take DUI cue from judges
As part of a good defense, many criminal defense attorneys ask that their clients refuse BAC tests when stopped for a possible DUI. This advice has caught a lot of heat from the public and law enforcement citing that it is a costly way to get drunk drivers off of...
Read the fine print before you drink
Few events are more significant to a teenager than receiving your license. After the studying and hard work, all the driving hours and asking for rides, you finally get that little plastic card that gives you the right to operate a vehicle. As we get older, and our...
BAC margin of error 50 percent
For the last several decades, the Breathalyzer test has been the go-to judge of intoxication for suspected drunk drivers. Generally more common than blood or urine tests, the Breathalyzer and the BAC reading it produces have been enough to charge thousands of drivers...
Hardship license can ease the stress of license suspension
Let's face it, receiving a DUI charge is bad enough. The hassle, humiliation and fines are difficult enough to handle without facing the next 12 to 18 months of no driving. If you are like so many other Florida residents, chances are your family depends on you for...
Can the Breathalyzer reading be wrong?
When stopped for suspicion of a DUI, the main fear of the driver is usually, the Breathalyzer. Who truly knows what, if anything other than alcohol can affect the reading? Aside from that, who knows if even one drink, depending on your biology, can seal your fate? So...