Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Grants for More DUI Checkpoints »
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- The California Office of the Traffic Safety had declared 2010 “Year of the Checkpoint”. The issued grants will be used for more checkpoints than ever before. A recent watchdog report shows that these checkpoints are making millions of dollars in towing fees and police fees and so many arrests of unlicensed and suspended drivers are made also.
A police officer told that these checkpoints are not working as money generator and we get a small percentage of the tow as an administrative cost and that is so small.
In last 2 years Palm Springs had been given over $300,000 from the federal government in order to make more checkpoints. That’s why in 2009 Palm Springs held eight more checkpoints and that resulted 22 DUI arrests.
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Teen Charged For DUI After Crashing Car Into a Home »
A 17 years old teen was arrested for crashing car into a Washington Road House in late December. The teen driver who is Cromwell resident was arrested this week and was charged with drunken driving under the age of 21 years and reckless driving.
Police haven’t given the name of young man because of his age, they told that he was under the influence of alcohol and unspecified drugs also at the time when he crashed the vehicle into the house on the night of Dec. 29.
He was driving 1999 model four door Cadillac Coupe de Ville and was moving north on Washington Road when he lost the control on the car and crashed that into a home at 11:08 p.m.
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Penalties Increase for DUI in Delaware »
DUI penalties in Delaware are made more strict, the convicted drivers will face double fines and the repeat offenders can be given 15 years imprisonment sentence.
Governor of Delaware had signed the law legislation. According this new amendment in the DUI penalties the fines for first DUI offense will increase almost double, before it was $230 now it will be $500, and for repeat offenders the fine will be $15,000 and there can be jail sentence of 15 years also.
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Top Ten Drunkest Cities In United States »
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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Useful Tips For Super Bowl DUI Checkpoints »
Police had made plan across the country for DUI enforcement on most celebrated adult holiday of the year the Super Bowl Sunday. All states police are planning and announcing DUI checkpoints and putting extra police force on the road. Police officers will be looking for signs of impairment and they are given orders to pull over a vehicle for a minor traffic infraction. Violating signals, having expired driving tags on vehicle or reckless driving are all the major reasons that makes an officer to pull over a car this Sunday.
Some people will be looking for alternate routes to avoid the police checkpoints and it’s not illegal to take a different route. Police checkpoints are typically publicized. But that will not be good for you if you will abruptly change direction while in line of a checkpoint. If you will do so then you will invite police to pull you out from your vehicle.
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Idaho DUI Penalties »
Suspected DUI driver are required to go under breath, blood, and urine test for alcohol. This procedure is called called “implied consent laws”. Rebuttal carries penalties like compulsory suspension of a driving license for up to a year.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Any driver in Idaho with blood alcohol content (BAC) above 0.08 percent will be measured “ per se intoxicated” under the law. Under this proof, this evidence is enough that is required for a driver to be convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).
Zero Tolerance Blood Alcohol Concentration
Zero tolerance laws in all states basically focus on drivers not of legal drinking age. Drivers under 21 years of age in Idaho operating any motor vehicle with blood alcohol content .02 percent or above will be subject to DUI penalties.
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New Arizona DUI Law For Ignition Interlock Violators »
The Arizona Legislature is working hard this year to make DUI Laws little hard and tough. In proposed series of articles this is the first one on which discussion is going on that how it will impact the prosecution and defense of the drunk driving in Arizona.
One thing is for sure that Arizona DUI law is already strict about the jail punishment time as compare to other states in Unites States. For example in some states don’t mandate the jail time on first DUI offense while in Arizona for first offense the offender must be sentenced up to 45 days in jail if his/her blood alcohol concentration is 0.20 percent or above.
Arizona Senate Bill 1069, in the latest legislation will be having several more things. Major part of bill is about future articles. For the purpose of this article, we take look that how the impact of law will be on DUI convicted people.
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The Heroes Star Adrian Pasdar Arrested For DUI »
Though I never seen any episode of the TV serial Heroes but there are so many who have seen this TV serial. The Heroes actor Adrian Pasdar was arrested for DUI in California on the 405.
According to the police report he was pulled over just before 3:00 a.m. in Los Angeles when he was driving his Ford F – 150 at the speed of 94 mph and taking up two lanes of freeway. After taking his field sobriety test he was then arrested and was sent to jail.
That is not unusual that another celebrity gone behind the bars for DUI, while in fact there are thousands of Americans who do exactly same thing every night. So only celebrities can’t be blamed for that alone.
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Cincinnati Bengal Star Arrested for DUI »
Rey Maualuga the line backer in Bengals team was arrested for DUI and careless driving on Thursday in Kentucky. In his statement which he given to the police he told that he had consumed six Captain and Coke drinks in the night and in the early hours of the morning he crashed his Pontiac into two parked cars.
Before in 2009 Maualuga broken his ankle and he was placed on injured reserve now this incident will add some more problems in his career. Police told that Maualuga’s blood alcohol level at the time arrest was 0.157, which is almost double than the legal limit in Kentucky.
About this incident the reactions of Bengals and the NFL Commissioner are still unknown. While Maualuga was having a clean career record in USC unlike other many young players. Fortunately the NFL Commissioner is having hands full recently with the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl in coming weeks.
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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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