Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Top Ten Drunkest Cities In United States »
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- The list of top ten drunkest cities in America has been released. This list is compiled by various available DUI/DWI statistics, alcohol related car accidents, and breath rates from alcoholic live disease.
In the top ten, California and Arizona cities are cracked to top. Number one city on list is Fresno, California. California is having several cities in top ten list. But in the list there is no city of northeast states which are having trouble with alcohol.
Here is the list of top ten drunkest cities in United States:
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Fresno, California
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Reno, Nevada
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Billings, Montana
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Riverside, California Click here to read more »
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A Right Way Through DUI »
Have you been under arrest for a DUI offence? If so, you’ll probably be ordered to go through an Alcohol evaluation or assessment. At this point you will be faced with the question “where do I get one?”; sound familiar?
Well you can either get one from a lower level credentialed paraprofessional or a clinical psychologist specializing in substance and alcohol abuse related assessments.
What’s Better for You
Considering this will be used as evidence in court, the more finely tuned the assessor, the better! If the professional is highly trained with expertise in areas of substance and alcohol abuse assessment it would be in your best interest. Their qualifications and credentials can add much needed weight as it means the difference between some training with a few years experience and lengthy focused upscale DUI assessments with many years of doctor level education.
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Is it Justified to Forcefully take Blood for Testing? »
When a police arrest any citizen for DUI then that arrested person has the right to choose that either he or she is willing to take a breath test or a blood test. Of course, there is always a third choice that is to refuse to take either.
Refusal to take test lead to bad consequences
The individual can do this, but it will lead towards bad consequences. These are that he or she will face an increased jail sentence or a longer driver’s license suspension or, in most states, that person who refuse any test has to face both these. Now the problem is that some police officers just won’t accept their refusal.
Now the Law enforcement agencies forcefully take the Test
It has been noticed that now among law enforcement agencies it has become an increasing practice to simply ignore this third choice and they forcefully take blood from the arrestee (although some this practice has been banned by some states).
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Effects of Drunk Driving »
Drunk driving effects can be serious and long lasting for those people who are involved in that. Majority of people who drink and drive never think that the results of drunk driving can be horrible. They realize it on moment when the damage is done or its too late. Most frequent committed crime in America is drunk driving, killing someone every thirty minutes and injuring someone every two minutes.
Drunk driving is having vast effects. As figures show that three of every Americans will be involved in a drunk driving accident at some point in their lives. Effects of drunk driving pose a significant threat to public safety. The effects of drunk driving had forced states to crack down on drunk driving offenders, making harsh legal effects on those who found guilty for a DUI or DWI.
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Why every DUI suspect is considered as “Average”? »
One of the greatest sources of error in breath-alcohol testing is the consistently recurring fallacy that the individual tested is perfectly average in certain critical physiological traits.
Explaining this in other way, there are a number of assumptions on the validity of which an accurate blood-alcohol reading is obtained and its accuracy is completely dependent on the validity of those assumptions.
Unluckily, these assumptions are usually incorrect for the person being tested: It rarely happens that the person tested is “average” in even one of these critical characteristics.
‘Average’ Factor in Breath Testing Machine
For instance, it is assumed that the ratio between alcohol in the exhaled breath and alcohol in the blood is 1 to 2100. All breath testing devices depend on this assumption. The fact is that, the machine is designed such that it produce a reading based on that assumption; the accuracy of the reading is directly connected to the accuracy of the presumption.
Variation in Actual Ratio from person to person
Yet, there is a variation in the actual ratio in any given individual.
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DUI Conviction Can Affect or Kill Your Car Insurance Policy »
Its rare that the people may know about that a DUI conviction can affect on car insurance rates. But its reality if you gotten a DUI and insurance carrier find out that then insurance premium will be doubled and in some cases it can be triple. The DUI conviction can have horrible affect on the car insurance.
There are few necessary things, which one should know that what could happen to car insurance after being convicted for DUI.
Those things are:
Is a Car Insurance rate will Increase After a DUI?
When you are convicted for DUI, then for car insurance company you become a risk and they will prefer to increase the premium rates. Simple reason for car insurance company for increasing rates for you is that they will consider you as a financial risk. Because a drunk driver is having more chances to have accident, and insurance company will lose money for any car accident that causes substantial damage.
What is an SR-22 Certificate?
SR-22 is called a Proof of Insurance Certificate that identifies you as a DUI convicted person. You can file SR-22 many times through your car insurance company. But in some cases your insurance carrier may not have an SR-22 policy, it will be because they wont be offering car insurance policies to those who have a DUI on their driving record.
When SR-22 is once filed through car insurance company, the insurance carrier must file it with the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles). And one SR-22 is filed at the DMV then any car insurance company can have access to it.
Car insurance companies consider those high-risk drivers who are having SR-22 on file.
Will Car Insurance Company Cancel the Insurance Policy?
If they find out your DUI conviction they can cancel your car insurance policy. You can be forced to find another car insurance carrier to insure you with high-risk driver status or you car insurance provider may not renew your policy at the end of its term.
Finding new car insurance policy after being convicted for DUI is a big problem also. May be some companies will insure your car but many wont because DUI may imply greater financial risk to them.
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Women DUI Cases on the Rise »
DUI arrests for women had risen 30% since 2007. This increase is seen with many female celebrities who had arrested for suspected drunk driving.
In Santa Barbara, Heather Locklear was arrested back in 2007 for suspicion for drinking and driving. A driver on the road informed the police about her rash driving on the road.
She pleads no contest to DUI but pled guilty to a lesser charge of a misdemeanor of reckless driving. She was fined $700 with sentence to attend a 12-hour drug education program and placed on 3 years.
In the same year of 2007 Lindsay Lohan also received a DUI offense. She pled no contest to driving under influence and received three years probation. She was also ordered to serve 10 days community service. 30 days in drug rehab and complete an 18 months alcohol education program.
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Certain Circumstances Can Intensify a D.U.I. Charge »
If you are drinking and driving having three children at back seat of your car then this act will immediately enhance your punishments. It’s really like a worst nightmare because the results for you will not be so good.
Here seven more situations that can increase charges for drunk driving:
1. While DUI speeding 30-30 miles over than speed limit.
2. Having a BCA of .20 greater than the legal limit.
3. Past convictions record for DUI, DWI, OUI, OWI or any other drunk driving offense.
4. If you are under 21 years of age while driving under the influence.
5. Refusing or arguing for undergoing a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine when suspected of DUI/DWI.
6. Property damage, an accident or injury resulting because of a DUI/DWI case.
7. Worst condition than all unfortunately if you are drinking and driving and someone got injured because accident even if its your passenger then many states for that will convict you of a felony DUI/DWI. And if death is related to a DUI/DWI case then the drunk driver can be charged with vehicular manslaughter or even murder.
Though the punishments and laws are different from state to state and county to county but one thing is assured they all are having severe laws.
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Long-term Effects of a DUI / DWI »
First of all, its important to understand what DUI and DWI stands for. DUI stands for driving under influence whereas DWI stands for driving while intoxicated. However, the literal meaning of both the terms is same. Being drunk while driving can lead to many unwanted incidents. You might get arrested or even face a serious accident.
DWI On Your Criminal Record
DUI / DWI related accidents are often was considered a criminal matter. It can affect your criminal record badly if you are declared guilty of a crime in a court of law. A criminal label is attached to your personality for your entire life. Moreover, it may also hinder your upcoming job opportunities.
How To Deal With Your DUI Criminal History?
There are ways through which you can permanently eliminate your criminal record but majority of the people are not informed about them in many countries.
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Blood Alcohol Levels and Effects »
This article mainly focus on those individuals who intakes alcohol. This article will help you understand the adverse effects of alcohol on the body. Effect of alcohol varies from person to person.
Even people who consume little alcohol can be affected badly. This is because different types of alcoholic beverages are dispersed into the body differently and there are immeasurable combinations which affect the blood level in a different way.
Avoid drinking alcohol while driving. Though, sometimes you are in a position to drive if you consume alcohol in little quantity but some new laws, introduced in many countries don’t allow you to drive if you are drunk in order to avoid deaths. Laws differ from country to country.
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