DUI

You always have to be on the lookout for DUI checkpoints. Having "just a few drinks", and getting behind the wheel of your vehicle can still leave you vulnerable towards a DUI arrest or even an accident. But here's a DUI story, involving an odd vehicle, you won't hear...

Have you ever heard of the accident report privilege?If you have not, you likely join most other Florida motorists for being in the dark concerning that legal doctrine and state law.Briefly put, the privilege operates as a protection for any person who gives...

One of the most common questions a criminal defense attorney gets asked is if stopped for a DUI do I have to take a breath test??? The short answer is NO, you are not required to submit to any breath tests for a normal DUI. The exception to this rule is if...

It's certainly newsworthy in Florida and potentially of interest to some of our readers, so we're reporting it. "It" is a DUI information packet in the form of a flier that motorists can place in their car window if stopped by police at a sobriety checkpoint. The...

DUI's on New Year's Eve are common since law enforcement is out in full force and with so many parties they are sure to find people.   Cops may set up checkpoints as well which is throwing a net out there and hoping to catch something.  If you are...

We are all human, and we all make mistakes. Sometimes it takes a celebrity to remind us of the central fact that the errors we make that we believe are perhaps singular and not commonly committed by others are, in fact, quite common.Take drunk driving, for example.We...

Most Florida motorists throughout the state, including in Orange County, likely know the phrase "Click it or Ticket," which is the slogan for a recurring national campaign stressing motorists' seat belt use.Drivers are equally familiar with the "Drive Sober or Get...

Here's a scenario that can be truly frightening for a motorist in Florida or anywhere else in the country: suffering consequences stemming from a flatly wrong reading supplied by a breathalyzer machine administered by a police officer.It is of course not news to most...

Let's talk breathalyzers.If you've ever been arrested for drunk driving, you almost certainly know what those are. If you haven't, you perhaps still have a strong inkling of what their purpose is and how they are used.Are they uniformly accurate?That is far from being...

What exactly is "DUI awareness"? You hear people who have had one too many drinks talk in terms such as "body weight" or "alcohol tolerance". In their everyday life they think they can have complete control over how much they drink and how it truly affects them. But...