Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Use of Retrograde Extrapolation Method in DWI Cases »
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- Mostly police officers use breath analyzer for measuring a suspected DUI driver’s breath alcohol concentration level. And its also a thing to consider that most of the police officer do not have a good quality breath analyzer and many driver failed in breath test. In these types of cases State has to prove that a person is guilty for driving under the influence. It also happen some time that a suspected driver has to give breath test after some interval of his arrest.
In such cases DWI offender is transported to nearby police station where he is analyzed in a special “intoxilyzer room”. The interval between arrest and breath analysis is very important for the DUI case.
According to law a driver must be proved under the influence of drugs or alcohol before getting arrest and not after some time delay like an hour or so. State’s attorney has to prove his or her blood alcohol level at the time of arrest not the BAC level at the time of breath analysis at police station. This matter comes under the term of Retrograde Extrapolation.
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North Dakota DUI Penalties »
Laws call for suspected dui drivers to submit breath, blood or urine test for blood alcohol content is know as “implied consent laws”. Refusal to that can result you penalties that include mandatory suspension of driving license for up to a year.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
If any person while driving will be having the blood alcohol concentration above than 0.08 percent in North Dakota then he/she will be measured “pre se intoxicated” under the law. According to this law only this evidence is required for driver to be convicted for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).
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Grants for More DUI Checkpoints »
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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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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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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DUI Suspect Exceeded 105 MPH »
Police told that a drunken driver exceeded 105 mph during a pursuit along a major Edmond thoroughfare.
Spokeswoman of Edmond Police Glynda Chu told that this incident is enough to prove that drinking and driving is never a good idea, because it includes the high rate of speed, which can cause death.
She said that it was fortunate that no one got injured.
Police said that last Thursday they responded to a call about a possible intoxicated driver at 15th Street and Broadway. Edmond Police Officer Jackie Collar told that a red ford pickup was swerving and had crossed the center line.
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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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New Technology to Fight DUI in Pennsylvania »
Although law enforcement forces are very much successful in catching those who drive under the influence of drug or alcohol in Pennsylvania. Although DUI detection tools are not much available. The Lycoming County DUI Task Force has introduced a new device to catch DUI cases. 
A new device called Pupillometer is being introduced that enable an officer to check a PA DUI suspect for impairment from a written page. This handy device is helpful in finding out the cause for DUI investigation. The device work by scanning the pupils and compare it to a database having more than 3 million images of the drug user. A Drug Recognition Expert certified officer can operate the device well.
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DUI Suspect Escapes In Stolen Duluth Police Car »
At Atlanta, officials are in a search for a handcuffed man who has slipped out of the backseat of a Duluth police car and the cruiser has been stolen after being arrested for DUI.
On Monday evening, an officer stopped a U-Haul truck for a traffic violation.
Duluth Maj. Don Woodruff has said that the officer at that time realized that the driver was intoxicated, so he put on handcuffs and then put him in the backseat of the patrol car.
The officer went to search the U-Haul and when he returned back his patrol car and the suspect were gone away.
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The DUI Officer and “Selective Memory” »
How does every detail of a DUI investigation is recalled by a police officer testifying in a drunk driving trial recall months earlier?
When a motorist is stopped by an officer and the officer suspects that he may be under the influence of alcohol, he from the moment when he stops the motorist begins to mentally record various observations. He may notify many things such as he may notice that was the driving erratic, and in what way? How did the suspect reacted to the red overhead lights? How did the suspect pull over and park? Was an odor of alcohol there on the driver’s breath, and how strong it was? Could it have come from the passenger? Was the face of driver flushed, eyes bloodshot, speech thick and slurred? What was his response to the questions and directions? What were his answers to questions asked by the cop such as "Where he is going? What time is it? Have he been drinking? What? When? Where? How much?" Did the suspect have a current license and registration? Did the suspect fumble with his wallet pulling out his license? Was the suspect stagger when stepping from the car? What did the passenger say? How did she appear? And so on.
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