Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Facts To Remember About Drunk Driving »
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- Drunk driving is a common occurrence, but it is also one that could leave you in bad legal problems, if you are not careful about a few points. If you’re caught in a drunk driving case, don’t forget these important points.
Remember that drunk driving is criminal offense
Most people tend to ignore the fact that drunk driving is a criminal offense but many think that being arrested under this is not really any different than a traffic citation. However, this isn’t true. Offenses that are civil infractions carry no significant penalty other than just a mere suspension of the license of a nominal fine. Whereas, a conviction for a drunk driving offense will result in a criminal record being lodged against you and you can potentially receive significant fines and a jail sentence or term of probation.
Remember that you have constitutional rights
The first and foremost fundamental right which you need to remember is to stay silent while the police questions you. Click here to read more »
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Louisiana DUI Penalties »
Laws need suspected DUI drivers to go under blood, breath, or urine test for checking of blood alcohol level content is called “implied consent laws”. Denial carries penalties that include compulsory suspension of the driver’s license for up to a year.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
If any driver in Louisiana will be having the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above than the 0.08 percent, which is the legal limit, then that person will be measured “per se intoxicated” under the law. Under this decree only this evidence is enough for a driver to be convicted for Driving Under Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).
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Teen Charged with DUI in Fatal Chesso Crash »
Police told that yesterday a 16-year-old boy was under the influence of a controlled substance when he crashed his SUV and killed two other teens in Chester County.
East Coventry Township Police Chief John T. Theobald told that in a statement that the driver of the 2005 Honda that got out of control was charged with two counts of homicide by vehicle driving under the influence, six counts of reckless endangerment, driving without proper insurance and related offenses.
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DUI Penalties in Alabama »
According to the laws if a driver is suspected for driving under the influence, he/she must have to give breath test at the spot, urine or blood for alcohol or drug content tests. These are known as implied consent laws. Any rejection leads to punishment and penalties. It may include driving license suspension for a year.
Blood-Alcohol Concentration
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level great than.08% is considered as driving under the influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and is considered per se intoxicated as per law.
Zero Tolerance Blood-Alcohol Concentration
Legal drinking age of driver is not considered for zero tolerance laws. Alabama state’s law considered .02% blood alcohol level punishable for the person who is under 21 year of age or above.
Enhanced Penalty Blood-Alcohol Concentration
Some states have meticulous penalties for the drive that has high blood-alcohol level at the arrest time. This mainly between .15% to .20% above the legal limit. But these enhanced penalty laws are not applicable in Alabama.
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Drive Safe during Holidays »
Alarming news for those who will intake drugs or drinks before starting their journey on New Jersey’s roads can be caught by police for driving under the influence charges.
Police and other Law enforcement agencies of the state will make some complete patrolling and immediate sobriety checkpoints. This all will start from today till 3rd January 2010. This all will start as a part of campaign named as “Over the Limit, Under Arrest”. 
This campaign is an effort to control the raise in drunk driving during holidays that is the busiest time of the year that is Christmas and New Year eve.
This special assignment is funded by the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety. This program for controlling drunk driving under the influence was started in 1999. This division grants $5,000 for this special assignment as a cover to extra work for field sobriety checkpoints and DWI patrols.
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Vermont State Auditor, Salmon would Plead Guilty To DUI »
Tom Salmon, who is a state Auditor of Vermont has said that he will plead guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol after being cited for DUI on Nov 13 in Montpelier.
Today Salmon’s arraignment is scheduled in Vermont District Court.
Prosecutors told the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus that Salmon will be eligible for a standard plea deal.
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DUI Cases Tossed Over Paperwork Questions »
Dozens of Polk County drivers that have been charged with DUI got a break after that the questions arose over the handling of their cases.
More than 120 arrests for DUI has been made by Deputy Tex Thomas since he started with the sheriff’s office last year. However, inside of a courtroom will not be seen by nearly half of those cases.
It has been said by state attorney Jerry Hill that because of procedural and paperwork issues he won’t prosecute those cases. Hill further said that Thomas has copied and pasted parts of paperwork from one report to another.
Notice have been taken by the Defense attorneys.
Hill said that this is very bad law enforcement and it is absolutely a shame. In law enforcement there is no room for shortcuts.
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No DUI Devices For Motorcycles »
It was known by twenty-one year old Anthony Ramirez that a mistake has been made by him.
Last year, in October he got drunk and got behind the wheel. He was arrested and as a part of his punishment, he’s required to get an Ignition Interlock Device installed on his vehicle. It is the requirement of that a driver had to blow into a tube to prove that they are not intoxicated. Without doing this, the vehicle will not start.
Though statewide interlocks are not installed by anyone on motorcycles, which is what Ramirez drives. It was said by him that they don’t make a device for a motorcycle, so he is supposed to do?
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Why the Breathalyzers don’t Work Properly »
Here I am giving just one of many examples explaining why the breathalyzers do not work properly. The computers that are inside Breathalyzers what actually do is that they just multiply the amount of alcohol in a DUI suspect’s breath sample 2100 times in order to get the blood alcohol concentration ("BAC").
It happens because they are programmed in such a way that they assume that the suspect has 2100 units of alcohol in his blood for every single unit of alcohol in his breath. This is what we call the "partition ratio". But this ratio is only an average: actual ratios shows variation from as low as 900:1 to as high as 3500:1; if individual ratio is different, then surely the BAC result will be different.
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On Arrest, Alexandria Chief Failed 4 DUI Tests »
On Saturday night when Arlington police arrived at the crash involving Alexandria Police Chief David P. Baker, a strong odor of alcohol has been smelled by an officer and he also noticed that Baker’s speech was repetitive and hesitant, according to a criminal complaint.
Baker, who is on administrative leave, has failed four field sobriety tests: namely the nine-step walk and turn, the 30-second leg lift, counting backwards and saying the alphabet, as said by the complaint.
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